#5E541B#5E541B

#5E541B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.077 H 99.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E541B
RGB	rgb(94, 84, 27)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 71.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.60, -3.41, 33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.60, 33.73, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(44.36% -0.0123 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(44.36% 0.077 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9846, 8.7998, 2.3147)
Luminance	0.0880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E541B #1B255E

analogous

#5E321B #5E541B #465E1B

triadic

#5E541B #1B5E54 #541B5E

tetradic

#5E541B #1B5E32 #1B255E #5E1B46

square

#5E541B #1B5E32 #1B255E #5E1B46

split-complementary

#5E541B #1B465E #321B5E

monochromatic

#181507 #2E2A0D #5E541B #8E7E29 #BDA936

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#5E541B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#5E541B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E541B

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E541B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E541B	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e541b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 84, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.077 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e835b',
    500: '#5e541b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e541b;
$custom-light: #8e835b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e541b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44364,
    "c": 0.07672,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E541B

secondary

#414D94

accent

#5FDF49

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E541B

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

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