#5E511E#5E511E

#5E511E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.071 H 94.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E511E
RGB	rgb(94, 81, 30)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 68.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.72, -1.40, 31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.72, 31.16, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(43.68% -0.0061 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(43.68% 0.071 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7932, 8.3587, 2.4309)
Luminance	0.0836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E511E #1E2B5E

analogous

#5E311E #5E511E #4B5E1E

triadic

#5E511E #1E5E51 #511E5E

tetradic

#5E511E #1E5E31 #1E2B5E #5E1E4B

square

#5E511E #1E5E31 #1E2B5E #5E1E4B

split-complementary

#5E511E #1E4B5E #311E5E

monochromatic

#171407 #30290F #5E511E #8C792D #BBA13C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#5E511E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#5E511E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E511E

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E511E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E511E	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)

#594F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e511e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 81, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.071 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e815c',
    500: '#5e511e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e511e;
$custom-light: #8e815c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e511e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.813,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43679,
    "c": 0.07138,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E511E

secondary

#455593

accent

#6ADB4D

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E511E

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

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