#5E501E#5E501E

#5E501E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.071 H 93.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E501E
RGB	rgb(94, 80, 30)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 68.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.42, -0.79, 30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.42, 30.81, 91.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.44% -0.0044 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(43.44% 0.071 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7195, 8.2111, 2.4063)
Luminance	0.0821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E501E #1E2C5E

analogous

#5E301E #5E501E #4C5E1E

triadic

#5E501E #1E5E50 #501E5E

tetradic

#5E501E #1E5E30 #1E2C5E #5E1E4C

square

#5E501E #1E5E30 #1E2C5E #5E1E4C

split-complementary

#5E501E #1E4C5E #301E5E

monochromatic

#171407 #30290F #5E501E #8C772D #BB9F3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.95

#5E501E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#5E501E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E501E

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E501E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E501E	1.00	7.95	2.64	7.95
#FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e501e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 80, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.071 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e805c',
    500: '#5e501e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e501e;
$custom-light: #8e805c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e501e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43441,
    "c": 0.07055,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E501E

secondary

#455693

accent

#6CDB4D

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E501E

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

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