#5E5012#5E5012

#5E5012 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.080 H 95.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5012
RGB	rgb(94, 80, 18)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 80.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.32, -1.53, 36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.32, 36.34, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(43.33% -0.0081 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(43.33% 0.08 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5943, 8.1611, 1.7474)
Luminance	0.0816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5012 #12205E

analogous

#5E2A12 #5E5012 #465E12

triadic

#5E5012 #125E50 #50125E

tetradic

#5E5012 #125E2A #12205E #5E1246

square

#5E5012 #125E2A #12205E #5E1246

split-complementary

#5E5012 #12465E #2A125E

monochromatic

#1A1605 #2B2408 #5E5012 #917C1C #C5A726

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#5E5012 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#5E5012 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5012

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5012	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5012	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)

#594E07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5012;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 80, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.080 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8055',
    500: '#5e5012',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5012;
$custom-light: #8f8055;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5012",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43327,
    "c": 0.08009,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5012

secondary

#354796

accent

#5DEB3D

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5012

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

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