#5E5015#5E5015

#5E5015 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.078 H 95.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5015
RGB	rgb(94, 80, 21)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 77.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.34, -1.37, 35.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.34, 35.08, 92.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.35% -0.0073 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(43.35% 0.078 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6205, 8.1716, 1.8852)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5015 #15235E

analogous

#5E2B15 #5E5015 #485E15

triadic

#5E5015 #155E50 #50155E

tetradic

#5E5015 #155E2B #15235E #5E1548

square

#5E5015 #155E2B #15235E #5E1548

split-complementary

#5E5015 #15485E #2B155E

monochromatic

#191506 #2C250A #5E5015 #907B20 #C2A52B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#5E5015 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#5E5015 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5015

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5015	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5015	1.00	7.97	2.63	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594E0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5015;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 80, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.078 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8057',
    500: '#5e5015',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5015;
$custom-light: #8f8057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5015",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43351,
    "c": 0.07802,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5015

secondary

#394B95

accent

#61E741

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5015

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

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