#5E5115#5E5115

#5E5115 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.079 H 96.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5115
RGB	rgb(94, 81, 21)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 77.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.64, -1.98, 35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.64, 35.40, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(43.59% -0.009 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(43.59% 0.079 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6943, 8.3191, 1.9098)
Luminance	0.0832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5115 #15225E

analogous

#5E2C15 #5E5115 #465E15

triadic

#5E5115 #155E51 #51155E

tetradic

#5E5115 #155E2C #15225E #5E1546

square

#5E5115 #155E2C #15225E #5E1546

split-complementary

#5E5115 #15465E #2C155E

monochromatic

#191606 #2C260A #5E5115 #907C20 #C2A72B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#5E5115 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5E5115 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5115

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5115	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5115	1.00	7.88	2.66	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A4F0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5115;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 81, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.079 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8157',
    500: '#5e5115',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5115;
$custom-light: #8e8157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5115",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43589,
    "c": 0.07881,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5115

secondary

#394A95

accent

#5FE741

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5115

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

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