#5E511A#5E511A

#5E511A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.075 H 95.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E511A
RGB	rgb(94, 81, 26)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 72.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.68, -1.68, 33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.68, 33.12, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.64% -0.0075 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(43.64% 0.075 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7453, 8.3395, 2.1788)
Luminance	0.0834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E511A #1A275E

analogous

#5E2F1A #5E511A #495E1A

triadic

#5E511A #1A5E51 #511A5E

tetradic

#5E511A #1A5E2F #1A275E #5E1A49

square

#5E511A #1A5E2F #1A275E #5E1A49

split-complementary

#5E511A #1A495E #2F1A5E

monochromatic

#181507 #2E280D #5E511A #8E7A27 #BEA435

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#5E511A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#5E511A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E511A

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E511A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E511A	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A4F13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664A46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e511a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 81, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.075 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e815a',
    500: '#5e511a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e511a;
$custom-light: #8e815a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e511a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43635,
    "c": 0.07491,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E511A

secondary

#405094

accent

#65E048

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E511A

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

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