#5E552D#5E552D

#5E552D is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.059 H 97.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E552D
RGB	rgb(94, 85, 45)
HSL	hsl(49, 35%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 52.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.11, -2.45, 24.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.11, 24.65, 95.70°)
OKLab	oklab(44.84% -0.0072 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(44.84% 0.059 97)
XYZ	xyz(8.3385, 9.0665, 3.7929)
Luminance	0.0907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E552D #2D365E

analogous

#5E3D2D #5E552D #4F5E2D

triadic

#5E552D #2D5E55 #552D5E

tetradic

#5E552D #2D5E3D #2D365E #5E2D4F

square

#5E552D #2D5E3D #2D365E #5E2D4F

split-complementary

#5E552D #2D4F5E #3D2D5E

monochromatic

#15130A #353019 #5E552D #877A41 #AF9E57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#5E552D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#5E552D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E552D

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E552D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E552D	1.00	7.46	2.81	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C532A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F562F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65504B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e552d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 85, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.059 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d8467',
    500: '#5e552d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e552d;
$custom-light: #8d8467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e552d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 35.252,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44841,
    "c": 0.05912,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.09066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E552D

secondary

#576190

accent

#71CB5D

background

#F8F8F6

surface

#F0EFEB

border

#CBCAC6

text

#0C0A06

muted

#7D7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E552D

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

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