#5E562B#5E562B

#5E562B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.063 H 99.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E562B
RGB	rgb(94, 86, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 54.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.39, -3.26, 26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.39, 26.21, 97.14°)
OKLab	oklab(45.05% -0.0098 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(45.05% 0.063 99)
XYZ	xyz(8.3802, 9.2100, 3.6213)
Luminance	0.0921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E562B #2B335E

analogous

#5E3D2B #5E562B #4D5E2B

triadic

#5E562B #2B5E56 #562B5E

tetradic

#5E562B #2B5E3D #2B335E #5E2B4D

square

#5E562B #2B5E3D #2B335E #5E2B4D

split-complementary

#5E562B #2B4D5E #3D2B5E

monochromatic

#15130A #343018 #5E562B #887C3E #B0A253

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#5E562B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#5E562B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E562B

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E562B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E562B	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F572D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65514C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e562b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 86, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.063 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d8565',
    500: '#5e562b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e562b;
$custom-light: #8d8565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e562b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 37.226,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45048,
    "c": 0.06252,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.0921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E562B

secondary

#555E90

accent

#6DCD5B

background

#F8F8F6

surface

#F0EFEB

border

#CBCAC6

text

#0C0B06

muted

#7D7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E562B

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

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