#5E5515#5E5515

#5E5515 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.082 H 101.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5515
RGB	rgb(94, 85, 21)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 77.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.85, -4.37, 36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.85, 36.79, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(44.55% -0.0158 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(44.55% 0.082 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0003, 8.9312, 2.0118)
Luminance	0.0893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5515 #151E5E

analogous

#5E3115 #5E5515 #425E15

triadic

#5E5515 #155E55 #55155E

tetradic

#5E5515 #155E31 #151E5E #5E1542

square

#5E5515 #155E31 #151E5E #5E1542

split-complementary

#5E5515 #15425E #31155E

monochromatic

#191706 #2C280A #5E5515 #908220 #C2AF2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#5E5515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5E5515 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5515

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5515	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)

#5E520A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605619

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 85, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.082 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8457',
    500: '#5e5515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5515;
$custom-light: #8e8457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.603,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44551,
    "c": 0.08233,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5515

secondary

#394595

accent

#56E741

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5515

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

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