#5E5513#5E5513

#5E5513 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.084 H 101.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5513
RGB	rgb(94, 85, 19)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 79.8%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.84, -4.48, 37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.84, 37.60, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.54% -0.0163 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(44.54% 0.084 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9825, 8.9241, 1.9180)
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

#5E5513 #131C5E

analogous

#5E3013 #5E5513 #425E13

triadic

#5E5513 #135E55 #55135E

tetradic

#5E5513 #135E30 #131C5E #5E1342

square

#5E5513 #135E30 #131C5E #5E1342

split-complementary

#5E5513 #13425E #30135E

monochromatic

#191705 #2B2709 #5E5513 #91831D #C4B128

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#5E5513 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#5E5513 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5513

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5513	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5513	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)

#5E5207

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5513;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 85, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.084 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8456',
    500: '#5e5513',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5513;
$custom-light: #8f8456;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5513",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44536,
    "c": 0.0837,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5513

secondary

#374296

accent

#53E93F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5513

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

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