#5E501F#5E501F

#5E501F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.070 H 93.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E501F
RGB	rgb(94, 80, 31)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 67%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.43, -0.72, 30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.43, 30.30, 91.35°)
OKLab	oklab(43.45% -0.004 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(43.45% 0.07 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7324, 8.2163, 2.4747)
Luminance	0.0822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E501F #1F2D5E

analogous

#5E311F #5E501F #4D5E1F

triadic

#5E501F #1F5E50 #501F5E

tetradic

#5E501F #1F5E31 #1F2D5E #5E1F4D

square

#5E501F #1F5E31 #1F2D5E #5E1F4D

split-complementary

#5E501F #1F4D5E #311F5E

monochromatic

#171408 #302910 #5E501F #8C772E #BA9E3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#5E501F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#5E501F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E501F

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E501F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E501F	1.00	7.94	2.64	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e501f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 80, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.070 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e805d',
    500: '#5e501f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e501f;
$custom-light: #8e805d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e501f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43453,
    "c": 0.06961,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E501F

secondary

#465793

accent

#6DDA4E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E501F

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