#5E522D#5E522D

#5E522D is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.056 H 92.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E522D
RGB	rgb(94, 82, 45)
HSL	hsl(45, 35%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 52.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.21, -0.64, 23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.21, 23.43, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(44.13% -0.0019 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(44.13% 0.056 92)
XYZ	xyz(8.1073, 8.6041, 3.7158)
Luminance	0.0860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E522D #2D395E

analogous

#5E3A2D #5E522D #525E2D

triadic

#5E522D #2D5E52 #522D5E

tetradic

#5E522D #2D5E3A #2D395E #5E2D52

square

#5E522D #2D5E3A #2D395E #5E2D52

split-complementary

#5E522D #2D525E #3A2D5E

monochromatic

#15120A #352E19 #5E522D #877641 #AF9957

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.72

#5E522D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#5E522D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E522D

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E522D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E522D	1.00	7.72	2.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59512A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#654D49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e522d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 82, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.056 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d8267',
    500: '#5e522d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e522d;
$custom-light: #8d8267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e522d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 35.252,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44129,
    "c": 0.05625,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.08604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E522D

secondary

#576590

accent

#78CB5D

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#F0EEEB

border

#CBC9C6

text

#0C0A06

muted

#7D7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E522D

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

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