#5E5017#5E5017

#5E5017 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.077 H 95.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5017
RGB	rgb(94, 80, 23)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 75.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.35, -1.26, 34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.35, 34.19, 92.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.37% -0.0067 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(43.37% 0.077 95)
XYZ	xyz(7.6398, 8.1793, 1.9868)
Luminance	0.0818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5017 #17255E

analogous

#5E2C17 #5E5017 #485E17

triadic

#5E5017 #175E50 #50175E

tetradic

#5E5017 #175E2C #17255E #5E1748

square

#5E5017 #175E2C #17255E #5E1748

split-complementary

#5E5017 #17485E #2C175E

monochromatic

#191506 #2D260B #5E5017 #8F7A23 #C0A42F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#5E5017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#5E5017 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5017

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5017	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)

#594E0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C531A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 80, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.077 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8058',
    500: '#5e5017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5017;
$custom-light: #8e8058;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43369,
    "c": 0.07651,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.08179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5017

secondary

#3C4E95

accent

#64E444

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5017

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

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