#5E5518#5E5518

#5E5518 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.080 H 100.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5518
RGB	rgb(94, 85, 24)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 74.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.87, -4.20, 35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.87, 35.49, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(44.58% -0.0149 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(44.58% 0.08 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0298, 8.9430, 2.1672)
Luminance	0.0894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5518 #18215E

analogous

#5E3218 #5E5518 #445E18

triadic

#5E5518 #185E55 #55185E

tetradic

#5E5518 #185E32 #18215E #5E1844

square

#5E5518 #185E32 #18215E #5E1844

split-complementary

#5E5518 #18445E #32185E

monochromatic

#181606 #2D290C #5E5518 #8F8124 #C0AD31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#5E5518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5E5518 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5518

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5518	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)

#5E520F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664E49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 85, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.080 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8459',
    500: '#5e5518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5518;
$custom-light: #8e8459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44576,
    "c": 0.08011,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5518

secondary

#3D4994

accent

#5AE345

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0A04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5518

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

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