#5E540F#5E540F

#5E540F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.085 H 100.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E540F
RGB	rgb(94, 84, 15)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(52, 84%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 84%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.51, -4.06, 38.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.51, 38.77, 96.02°)
OKLab	oklab(44.27% -0.0156 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(44.27% 0.085 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8730, 8.7552, 1.7271)
Luminance	0.0876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E540F #0F195E

analogous

#5E2D0F #5E540F #415E0F

triadic

#5E540F #0F5E54 #540F5E

tetradic

#5E540F #0F5E2D #0F195E #5E0F41

square

#5E540F #0F5E2D #0F195E #5E0F41

split-complementary

#5E540F #0F415E #2D0F5E

monochromatic

#1A1804 #292507 #5E540F #938317 #C8B220

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#5E540F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#5E540F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E540F

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E540F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E540F	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5101

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605514

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664D47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e540f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 84, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.085 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8354',
    500: '#5e540f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e540f;
$custom-light: #8f8354;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e540f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.405,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44266,
    "c": 0.08526,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E540F

secondary

#313E97

accent

#50EF39

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E540F

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

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