#5E5612#5E5612

#5E5612 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.085 H 102.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5612
RGB	rgb(94, 86, 18)
HSL	hsl(54, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(54, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 80.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.14, -5.12, 38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.14, 38.35, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(44.77% -0.0182 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(44.77% 0.085 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0534, 9.0793, 1.9004)
Luminance	0.0908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5612 #121A5E

analogous

#5E3012 #5E5612 #405E12

triadic

#5E5612 #125E56 #56125E

tetradic

#5E5612 #125E30 #121A5E #5E1240

square

#5E5612 #125E30 #121A5E #5E1240

split-complementary

#5E5612 #12405E #30125E

monochromatic

#1A1705 #2B2708 #5E5612 #91851C #C5B426

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#5E5612 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#5E5612 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5612

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5612	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5612	1.00	7.46	2.82	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5305

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615717

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5612;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 86, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.085 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8556',
    500: '#5e5612',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5612;
$custom-light: #8f8556;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5612",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44771,
    "c": 0.08528,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5612

secondary

#354096

accent

#4FEB3D

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5612

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

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