#5E5011#5E5011

#5E5011 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.081 H 95.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5011
RGB	rgb(94, 80, 17)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(49, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 81.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.31, -1.57, 36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.31, 36.74, 92.45°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% -0.0083 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.081 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5863, 8.1579, 1.7052)
Luminance	0.0816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5011 #111F5E

analogous

#5E2A11 #5E5011 #465E11

triadic

#5E5011 #115E50 #50115E

tetradic

#5E5011 #115E2A #111F5E #5E1146

square

#5E5011 #115E2A #111F5E #5E1146

split-complementary

#5E5011 #11465E #2A115E

monochromatic

#1A1605 #2A2408 #5E5011 #927C1A #C6A824

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#5E5011 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#5E5011 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5011

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5011	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5011	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594E05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5011;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 80, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.081 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8055',
    500: '#5e5011',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5011;
$custom-light: #8f8055;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5011",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4332,
    "c": 0.08073,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5011

secondary

#344697

accent

#5CEC3C

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5011

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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