#5E550F#5E550F

#5E550F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.086 H 101.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E550F
RGB	rgb(94, 85, 15)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(53, 84%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 84%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.81, -4.66, 38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.81, 39.11, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.51% -0.0173 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(44.51% 0.086 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9512, 8.9115, 1.7531)
Luminance	0.0891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E550F #0F185E

analogous

#5E2E0F #5E550F #405E0F

triadic

#5E550F #0F5E55 #550F5E

tetradic

#5E550F #0F5E2E #0F185E #5E0F40

square

#5E550F #0F5E2E #0F185E #5E0F40

split-complementary

#5E550F #0F405E #2E0F5E

monochromatic

#1A1804 #292507 #5E550F #938517 #C8B420

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.55

#5E550F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#5E550F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E550F

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E550F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E550F	1.00	7.55	2.78	7.55
#FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5201

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605614

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e550f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 85, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.086 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8454',
    500: '#5e550f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e550f;
$custom-light: #8f8454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e550f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.165,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44509,
    "c": 0.08614,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E550F

secondary

#313D97

accent

#4DEF39

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E550F

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

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