#5E5617#5E5617

#5E5617 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.082 H 101.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5617
RGB	rgb(94, 86, 23)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 75.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.17, -4.85, 35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.17, 36.30, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(44.81% -0.0169 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(44.81% 0.082 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0989, 9.0975, 2.1398)
Luminance	0.0910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5617 #171F5E

analogous

#5E3217 #5E5617 #435E17

triadic

#5E5617 #175E56 #56175E

tetradic

#5E5617 #175E32 #171F5E #5E1743

square

#5E5617 #175E32 #171F5E #5E1743

split-complementary

#5E5617 #17435E #32175E

monochromatic

#191606 #2D290B #5E5617 #8F8323 #C0B02F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#5E5617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#5E5617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5617

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5617	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)

#5F530D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 86, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.082 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8559',
    500: '#5e5617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5617;
$custom-light: #8e8559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.239,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4481,
    "c": 0.08183,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5617

secondary

#3C4695

accent

#56E444

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5617

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

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