#5E561B#5E561B

#5E561B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.079 H 101.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E561B
RGB	rgb(94, 86, 27)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 71.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.20, -4.61, 34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.20, 34.50, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(44.85% -0.0157 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(44.85% 0.079 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1421, 9.1147, 2.3671)
Luminance	0.0911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E561B #1B235E

analogous

#5E341B #5E561B #445E1B

triadic

#5E561B #1B5E56 #561B5E

tetradic

#5E561B #1B5E34 #1B235E #5E1B44

square

#5E561B #1B5E34 #1B235E #5E1B44

split-complementary

#5E561B #1B445E #341B5E

monochromatic

#181607 #2E2B0D #5E561B #8E8129 #BDAD36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#5E561B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#5E561B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E561B

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E561B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E561B	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65504A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e561b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 86, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.079 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e855b',
    500: '#5e561b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e561b;
$custom-light: #8e855b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e561b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44846,
    "c": 0.07865,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E561B

secondary

#414B94

accent

#5BDF49

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E561B

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

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