#5E5511#5E5511

#5E5511 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.085 H 101.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5511
RGB	rgb(94, 85, 17)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 81.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.83, -4.57, 38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.83, 38.38, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.52% -0.0168 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(44.52% 0.085 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9661, 8.9175, 1.8319)
Luminance	0.0892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5511 #111A5E

analogous

#5E2F11 #5E5511 #415E11

triadic

#5E5511 #115E55 #55115E

tetradic

#5E5511 #115E2F #111A5E #5E1141

square

#5E5511 #115E2F #111A5E #5E1141

split-complementary

#5E5511 #11415E #2F115E

monochromatic

#1A1705 #2A2608 #5E5511 #92841A #C6B324

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#5E5511 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#5E5511 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5511

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5511	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5511	1.00	7.54	2.78	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5204

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605616

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5511;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 85, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.085 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8455',
    500: '#5e5511',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5511;
$custom-light: #8f8455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5511",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.987,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44521,
    "c": 0.08498,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5511

secondary

#344097

accent

#50EC3C

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5511

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

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