#5E520F#5E520F

#5E520F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.084 H 98.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E520F
RGB	rgb(94, 82, 15)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(51, 84%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 84%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.90, -2.87, 38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.90, 38.12, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(43.79% -0.0122 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(43.79% 0.084 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7200, 8.4492, 1.6761)
Luminance	0.0845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E520F #0F1B5E

analogous

#5E2B0F #5E520F #435E0F

triadic

#5E520F #0F5E52 #520F5E

tetradic

#5E520F #0F5E2B #0F1B5E #5E0F43

square

#5E520F #0F5E2B #0F1B5E #5E0F43

split-complementary

#5E520F #0F435E #2B0F5E

monochromatic

#1A1704 #292407 #5E520F #938017 #C8AE20

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#5E520F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#5E520F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E520F

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E520F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E520F	1.00	7.81	2.69	7.81
#FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5002

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5414

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e520f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 82, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.084 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8254',
    500: '#5e520f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e520f;
$custom-light: #8f8254;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e520f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.886,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43785,
    "c": 0.08354,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E520F

secondary

#314197

accent

#54EF39

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E520F

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

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