#5E5212#5E5212

#5E5212 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.082 H 98.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5212
RGB	rgb(94, 82, 18)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 80.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.92, -2.73, 36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.92, 36.97, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.81% -0.0115 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(43.81% 0.082 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7430, 8.4583, 1.7969)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5212 #121E5E

analogous

#5E2C12 #5E5212 #445E12

triadic

#5E5212 #125E52 #52125E

tetradic

#5E5212 #125E2C #121E5E #5E1244

square

#5E5212 #125E2C #121E5E #5E1244

split-complementary

#5E5212 #12445E #2C125E

monochromatic

#1A1605 #2B2508 #5E5212 #917F1C #C5AC26

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#5E5212 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#5E5212 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5212

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5212	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5212	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5006

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5416

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5212;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 82, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.082 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8255',
    500: '#5e5212',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5212;
$custom-light: #8f8255;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5212",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43805,
    "c": 0.0817,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5212

secondary

#354596

accent

#58EB3D

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5212

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

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