#5E5214#5E5214

#5E5214 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.080 H 97.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5214
RGB	rgb(94, 82, 20)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 78.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.93, -2.63, 36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.93, 36.16, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(43.82% -0.011 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(43.82% 0.08 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7600, 8.4652, 1.8869)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5214 #14205E

analogous

#5E2D14 #5E5214 #455E14

triadic

#5E5214 #145E52 #52145E

tetradic

#5E5214 #145E2D #14205E #5E1445

square

#5E5214 #145E2D #14205E #5E1445

split-complementary

#5E5214 #14455E #2D145E

monochromatic

#191605 #2C2609 #5E5214 #907E1F #C3AA29

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#5E5214 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#5E5214 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5214

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5214	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5214	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)

#5B5009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5418

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5214;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 82, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.080 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8256',
    500: '#5e5214',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5214;
$custom-light: #8f8256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5214",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4382,
    "c": 0.08036,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5214

secondary

#384796

accent

#5BE840

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5214

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

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