#5E5216#5E5216

#5E5216 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.079 H 97.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5216
RGB	rgb(94, 82, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 76.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.95, -2.52, 35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.95, 35.30, 94.10°)
OKLab	oklab(43.84% -0.0104 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(43.84% 0.079 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7786, 8.4726, 1.9846)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5216 #16225E

analogous

#5E2E16 #5E5216 #465E16

triadic

#5E5216 #165E52 #52165E

tetradic

#5E5216 #165E2E #16225E #5E1646

square

#5E5216 #165E2E #16225E #5E1646

split-complementary

#5E5216 #16465E #2E165E

monochromatic

#191606 #2C270A #5E5216 #907D22 #C1A92D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#5E5216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#5E5216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5216

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5216	1.00	7.79	2.69	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B500D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 82, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.079 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8258',
    500: '#5e5216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5216;
$custom-light: #8e8258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43837,
    "c": 0.07892,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5216

secondary

#3B4A95

accent

#5EE543

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5216

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

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