#5E5416#5E5416

#5E5416 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.081 H 99.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5416
RGB	rgb(94, 84, 22)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 76.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.55, -3.72, 35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.55, 36.00, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.32% -0.0138 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(44.32% 0.081 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9316, 8.7786, 2.0356)
Luminance	0.0878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5416 #16205E

analogous

#5E3016 #5E5416 #445E16

triadic

#5E5416 #165E54 #54165E

tetradic

#5E5416 #165E30 #16205E #5E1644

square

#5E5416 #165E30 #16205E #5E1644

split-complementary

#5E5416 #16445E #30165E

monochromatic

#191606 #2C280A #5E5416 #908022 #C1AD2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#5E5416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#5E5416 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5416

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5416	1.00	7.62	2.76	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D510C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664D48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 84, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.081 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8358',
    500: '#5e5416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5416;
$custom-light: #8e8358;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44318,
    "c": 0.08068,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5416

secondary

#3B4795

accent

#59E543

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5416

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

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