#5E511C#5E511C

#5E511C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.073 H 95.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E511C
RGB	rgb(94, 81, 28)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 70.2%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.70, -1.54, 32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.70, 32.16, 92.75°)
OKLab	oklab(43.66% -0.0068 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(43.66% 0.073 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7685, 8.3488, 2.3007)
Luminance	0.0835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E511C #1C295E

analogous

#5E301C #5E511C #4A5E1C

triadic

#5E511C #1C5E51 #511C5E

tetradic

#5E511C #1C5E30 #1C295E #5E1C4A

square

#5E511C #1C5E30 #1C295E #5E1C4A

split-complementary

#5E511C #1C4A5E #301C5E

monochromatic

#181407 #2F280E #5E511C #8D7A2A #BCA238

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#5E511C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#5E511C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E511C

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E511C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E511C	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)

#5A4F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e511c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 81, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.073 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e815b',
    500: '#5e511c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e511c;
$custom-light: #8e815b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e511c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43656,
    "c": 0.07318,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E511C

secondary

#425293

accent

#67DD4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E511C

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

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