#5E5812#5E5812

#5E5812 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.087 H 104.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5812
RGB	rgb(94, 88, 18)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 80.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.75, -6.29, 38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.75, 39.09, 99.27°)
OKLab	oklab(45.26% -0.0215 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(45.26% 0.087 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2154, 9.4031, 1.9544)
Luminance	0.0940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5812 #12185E

analogous

#5E3212 #5E5812 #3E5E12

triadic

#5E5812 #125E58 #58125E

tetradic

#5E5812 #125E32 #12185E #5E123E

square

#5E5812 #125E32 #12185E #5E123E

split-complementary

#5E5812 #123E5E #32125E

monochromatic

#1A1805 #2B2808 #5E5812 #91881C #C5B826

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#5E5812 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5E5812 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5812

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5812	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5812	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615504

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635817

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66514B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5812;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 88, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.087 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8656',
    500: '#5e5812',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5812;
$custom-light: #8f8656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5812",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45258,
    "c": 0.08723,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5812

secondary

#353D96

accent

#4BEB3D

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5812

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

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