#5E5311#5E5311

#5E5311 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.083 H 99.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5311
RGB	rgb(94, 83, 17)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(51, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 81.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.22, -3.38, 37.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.22, 37.70, 95.14°)
OKLab	oklab(44.04% -0.0134 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(44.04% 0.083 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8109, 8.6071, 1.7801)
Luminance	0.0861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5311 #111C5E

analogous

#5E2D11 #5E5311 #435E11

triadic

#5E5311 #115E53 #53115E

tetradic

#5E5311 #115E2D #111C5E #5E1143

square

#5E5311 #115E2D #111C5E #5E1143

split-complementary

#5E5311 #11435E #2D115E

monochromatic

#1A1705 #2A2508 #5E5311 #92811A #C6AF24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.72

#5E5311 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#5E5311 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5311

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5311	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5311	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)

#5C5104

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5516

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5311;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 83, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.083 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8355',
    500: '#5e5311',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5311;
$custom-light: #8f8355;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5311",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44038,
    "c": 0.08319,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5311

secondary

#344297

accent

#55EC3C

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5311

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

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