#5E5016#5E5016

#5E5016 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.077 H 95.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5016
RGB	rgb(94, 80, 22)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 76.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.35, -1.31, 34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.35, 34.64, 92.18°)
OKLab	oklab(43.36% -0.007 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(43.36% 0.077 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6300, 8.1753, 1.9350)
Luminance	0.0818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5016 #16245E

analogous

#5E2C16 #5E5016 #485E16

triadic

#5E5016 #165E50 #50165E

tetradic

#5E5016 #165E2C #16245E #5E1648

square

#5E5016 #165E2C #16245E #5E1648

split-complementary

#5E5016 #16485E #2C165E

monochromatic

#191506 #2C260A #5E5016 #907A22 #C1A42D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#5E5016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#5E5016 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5016

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5016	1.00	7.97	2.64	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594E0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 80, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.077 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8057',
    500: '#5e5016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5016;
$custom-light: #8e8057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4336,
    "c": 0.07728,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5016

secondary

#3B4C95

accent

#62E543

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5016

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

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