#5E551E#5E551E

#5E551E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.075 H 100.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E551E
RGB	rgb(94, 85, 30)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 68.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.93, -3.80, 32.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.93, 32.66, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(44.64% -0.013 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(44.64% 0.075 100)
XYZ	xyz(8.0993, 8.9708, 2.5330)
Luminance	0.0897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E551E #1E275E

analogous

#5E351E #5E551E #475E1E

triadic

#5E551E #1E5E55 #551E5E

tetradic

#5E551E #1E5E35 #1E275E #5E1E47

square

#5E551E #1E5E35 #1E275E #5E1E47

split-complementary

#5E551E #1E475E #351E5E

monochromatic

#171507 #302B0F #5E551E #8C7F2D #BBA93C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#5E551E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5E551E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E551E

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E551E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E551E	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)

#5D5318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#654F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e551e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 85, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.075 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e845d',
    500: '#5e551e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e551e;
$custom-light: #8e845d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e551e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44636,
    "c": 0.07502,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.0897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E551E

secondary

#455093

accent

#61DB4D

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E551E

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

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