#5E5510#5E5510

#5E5510 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.086 H 101.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5510
RGB	rgb(94, 85, 16)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(53, 83%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 83%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.82, -4.62, 38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.82, 38.75, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.52% -0.017 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(44.52% 0.086 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9585, 8.9145, 1.7916)
Luminance	0.0891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5510 #10195E

analogous

#5E2E10 #5E5510 #405E10

triadic

#5E5510 #105E55 #55105E

tetradic

#5E5510 #105E2E #10195E #5E1040

square

#5E5510 #105E2E #10195E #5E1040

split-complementary

#5E5510 #10405E #2E105E

monochromatic

#1A1804 #2A2607 #5E5510 #928419 #C7B422

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.55

#5E5510 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#5E5510 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5510

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5510	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5510	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)

#5E5202

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605615

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5510;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 85, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.086 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8455',
    500: '#5e5510',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5510;
$custom-light: #8f8455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5510",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44515,
    "c": 0.08557,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5510

secondary

#333E97

accent

#4FEE3A

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5510

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

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