#5E511D#5E511D

#5E511D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.072 H 95.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E511D
RGB	rgb(94, 81, 29)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 69.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.71, -1.47, 31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.71, 31.66, 92.66°)
OKLab	oklab(43.67% -0.0065 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(43.67% 0.072 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7807, 8.3536, 2.3647)
Luminance	0.0835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E511D #1D2A5E

analogous

#5E311D #5E511D #4B5E1D

triadic

#5E511D #1D5E51 #511D5E

tetradic

#5E511D #1D5E31 #1D2A5E #5E1D4B

square

#5E511D #1D5E31 #1D2A5E #5E1D4B

split-complementary

#5E511D #1D4B5E #311D5E

monochromatic

#171407 #2F290F #5E511D #8D792B #BCA23A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#5E511D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#5E511D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E511D

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E511D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E511D	1.00	7.86	2.67	7.86
#FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A4F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e511d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 81, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.072 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e815c',
    500: '#5e511d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e511d;
$custom-light: #8e815c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e511d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43667,
    "c": 0.07228,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E511D

secondary

#445493

accent

#68DC4C

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E511D

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

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