#5E5514#5E5514

#5E5514 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.083 H 101.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5514
RGB	rgb(94, 85, 20)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 78.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.84, -4.43, 36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.84, 37.20, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(44.54% -0.0161 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(44.54% 0.083 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9912, 8.9276, 1.9639)
Luminance	0.0893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5514 #141D5E

analogous

#5E3014 #5E5514 #425E14

triadic

#5E5514 #145E55 #55145E

tetradic

#5E5514 #145E30 #141D5E #5E1442

square

#5E5514 #145E30 #141D5E #5E1442

split-complementary

#5E5514 #14425E #30145E

monochromatic

#191705 #2C2709 #5E5514 #90831F #C3B029

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#5E5514 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5E5514 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5514

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5514	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5514	1.00	7.54	2.79	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5208

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5514;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 85, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.083 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8457',
    500: '#5e5514',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5514;
$custom-light: #8e8457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5514",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.703,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44543,
    "c": 0.08303,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5514

secondary

#384496

accent

#54E840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5514

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

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