#5E5218#5E5218

#5E5218 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.077 H 97.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5218
RGB	rgb(94, 82, 24)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 74.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.96, -2.41, 34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.96, 34.40, 94.01°)
OKLab	oklab(43.86% -0.0098 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(43.86% 0.077 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7986, 8.4806, 2.0901)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5218 #18245E

analogous

#5E2F18 #5E5218 #475E18

triadic

#5E5218 #185E52 #52185E

tetradic

#5E5218 #185E2F #18245E #5E1847

square

#5E5218 #185E2F #18245E #5E1847

split-complementary

#5E5218 #18475E #2F185E

monochromatic

#181506 #2D270C #5E5218 #8F7D24 #C0A731

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#5E5218 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#5E5218 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5218

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5218	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5218	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5010

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5218;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 82, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.077 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8259',
    500: '#5e5218',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5218;
$custom-light: #8e8259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5218",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43855,
    "c": 0.07738,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5218

secondary

#3D4C94

accent

#60E345

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5218

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

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