#5E5215#5E5215

#5E5215 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.080 H 97.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5215
RGB	rgb(94, 82, 21)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 77.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.94, -2.58, 35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.94, 35.73, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(43.83% -0.0107 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(43.83% 0.08 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7691, 8.4688, 1.9347)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5215 #15215E

analogous

#5E2E15 #5E5215 #455E15

triadic

#5E5215 #155E52 #52155E

tetradic

#5E5215 #155E2E #15215E #5E1545

square

#5E5215 #155E2E #15215E #5E1545

split-complementary

#5E5215 #15455E #2E155E

monochromatic

#191606 #2C260A #5E5215 #907E20 #C2A92B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#5E5215 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#5E5215 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5215

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5215	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5215	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)

#5B500B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5215;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 82, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.080 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8257',
    500: '#5e5215',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5215;
$custom-light: #8e8257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5215",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.137,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43829,
    "c": 0.07965,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5215

secondary

#394995

accent

#5CE741

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5215

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

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