#5E5717#5E5717

#5E5717 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.083 H 103.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5717
RGB	rgb(94, 87, 23)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 75.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.48, -5.45, 36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.48, 36.69, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(45.05% -0.0186 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(45.05% 0.083 103)
XYZ	xyz(8.1793, 9.2583, 2.1666)
Luminance	0.0926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5717 #171E5E

analogous

#5E3417 #5E5717 #415E17

triadic

#5E5717 #175E57 #57175E

tetradic

#5E5717 #175E34 #171E5E #5E1741

square

#5E5717 #175E34 #171E5E #5E1741

split-complementary

#5E5717 #17415E #34175E

monochromatic

#191706 #2D290B #5E5717 #8F8523 #C0B22F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#5E5717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#5E5717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5717

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5717	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F540D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62571B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66504A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 87, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.083 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8659',
    500: '#5e5717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5717;
$custom-light: #8e8659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.085,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45052,
    "c": 0.08281,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.09258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5717

secondary

#3C4595

accent

#54E444

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5717

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

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