#5E5516#5E5516

#5E5516 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.082 H 101.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5516
RGB	rgb(94, 85, 22)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 76.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.86, -4.32, 36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.86, 36.36, 96.82°)
OKLab	oklab(44.56% -0.0155 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(44.56% 0.082 101)
XYZ	xyz(8.0098, 8.9350, 2.0616)
Luminance	0.0893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5516 #161F5E

analogous

#5E3116 #5E5516 #435E16

triadic

#5E5516 #165E55 #55165E

tetradic

#5E5516 #165E31 #161F5E #5E1643

square

#5E5516 #165E31 #161F5E #5E1643

split-complementary

#5E5516 #16435E #31165E

monochromatic

#191606 #2C280A #5E5516 #908222 #C1AF2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#5E5516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5E5516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5516

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5516	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E520C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664E49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 85, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.082 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8458',
    500: '#5e5516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5516;
$custom-light: #8e8458;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44559,
    "c": 0.08161,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.08935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5516

secondary

#3B4695

accent

#57E543

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5516

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

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