#5E5616#5E5616

#5E5616 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.083 H 102.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5616
RGB	rgb(94, 86, 22)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 76.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.16, -4.91, 36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.16, 36.73, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(44.8% -0.0172 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(44.8% 0.083 102)
XYZ	xyz(8.0891, 9.0935, 2.0880)
Luminance	0.0909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5616 #161E5E

analogous

#5E3216 #5E5616 #425E16

triadic

#5E5616 #165E56 #56165E

tetradic

#5E5616 #165E32 #161E5E #5E1642

square

#5E5616 #165E32 #161E5E #5E1642

split-complementary

#5E5616 #16425E #32165E

monochromatic

#191706 #2C290A #5E5616 #908322 #C1B12D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#5E5616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#5E5616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5616

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5616	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F530C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 86, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.083 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8558',
    500: '#5e5616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5616;
$custom-light: #8e8558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44801,
    "c": 0.08257,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.09093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5616

secondary

#3B4595

accent

#55E543

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5616

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

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