#5E551B#5E551B

#5E551B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.078 H 100.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E551B
RGB	rgb(94, 85, 27)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 71.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.90, -4.01, 33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.90, 34.11, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(44.61% -0.014 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(44.61% 0.078 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0628, 8.9562, 2.3407)
Luminance	0.0896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E551B #1B245E

analogous

#5E331B #5E551B #455E1B

triadic

#5E551B #1B5E55 #551B5E

tetradic

#5E551B #1B5E33 #1B245E #5E1B45

square

#5E551B #1B5E33 #1B245E #5E1B45

split-complementary

#5E551B #1B455E #331B5E

monochromatic

#181507 #2E2A0D #5E551B #8E8029 #BDAB36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#5E551B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5E551B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E551B

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E551B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E551B	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5213

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e551b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 85, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.078 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e845b',
    500: '#5e551b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e551b;
$custom-light: #8e845b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e551b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44605,
    "c": 0.07767,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E551B

secondary

#414C94

accent

#5DDF49

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E551B

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

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