#5E551A#5E551A

#5E551A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.079 H 100.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E551A
RGB	rgb(94, 85, 26)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 72.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.89, -4.08, 34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.89, 34.58, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(44.6% -0.0143 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(44.6% 0.079 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0514, 8.9516, 2.2808)
Luminance	0.0895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E551A #1A235E

analogous

#5E331A #5E551A #455E1A

triadic

#5E551A #1A5E55 #551A5E

tetradic

#5E551A #1A5E33 #1A235E #5E1A45

square

#5E551A #1A5E33 #1A235E #5E1A45

split-complementary

#5E551A #1A455E #331A5E

monochromatic

#181607 #2E2A0D #5E551A #8E8027 #BEAC35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#5E551A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5E551A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E551A

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E551A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E551A	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)

#5D5212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e551a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 85, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.079 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e845a',
    500: '#5e551a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e551a;
$custom-light: #8e845a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e551a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44595,
    "c": 0.0785,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E551A

secondary

#404B94

accent

#5CE048

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E551A

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

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