#5E5712#5E5712

#5E5712 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.086 H 103.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5712
RGB	rgb(94, 87, 18)
HSL	hsl(54, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(54, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 80.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.44, -5.71, 38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.44, 38.72, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(45.01% -0.0199 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(45.01% 0.086 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1338, 9.2401, 1.9272)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5712 #12195E

analogous

#5E3112 #5E5712 #3F5E12

triadic

#5E5712 #125E57 #57125E

tetradic

#5E5712 #125E31 #12195E #5E123F

square

#5E5712 #125E31 #12195E #5E123F

split-complementary

#5E5712 #123F5E #31125E

monochromatic

#1A1805 #2B2708 #5E5712 #91871C #C5B626

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#5E5712 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#5E5712 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5712

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5712	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5712	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605404

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625717

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66504A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5712;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 87, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.086 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8656',
    500: '#5e5712',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5712;
$custom-light: #8f8656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5712",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.474,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45014,
    "c": 0.08625,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5712

secondary

#353E96

accent

#4DEB3D

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5712

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

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