#5E5315#5E5315

#5E5315 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.081 H 98.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5315
RGB	rgb(94, 83, 21)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 77.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.24, -3.18, 35.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.24, 36.07, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(44.07% -0.0124 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(44.07% 0.081 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8451, 8.6207, 1.9601)
Luminance	0.0862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5315 #15205E

analogous

#5E2F15 #5E5315 #445E15

triadic

#5E5315 #155E53 #53155E

tetradic

#5E5315 #155E2F #15205E #5E1544

square

#5E5315 #155E2F #15205E #5E1544

split-complementary

#5E5315 #15445E #2F155E

monochromatic

#191606 #2C270A #5E5315 #907F20 #C2AB2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#5E5315 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#5E5315 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5315

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5315	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5315	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C510B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664C47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5315;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 83, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.081 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8357',
    500: '#5e5315',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5315;
$custom-light: #8e8357;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5315",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.959,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44069,
    "c": 0.08051,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5315

secondary

#394795

accent

#5AE741

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5315

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

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