#5E5817#5E5817

#5E5817 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.084 H 104.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5817
RGB	rgb(94, 88, 23)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 75.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.78, -6.04, 36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.78, 37.08, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(45.3% -0.0203 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(45.3% 0.084 104)
XYZ	xyz(8.2608, 9.4213, 2.1938)
Luminance	0.0942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5817 #171D5E

analogous

#5E3517 #5E5817 #405E17

triadic

#5E5817 #175E58 #58175E

tetradic

#5E5817 #175E35 #171D5E #5E1740

square

#5E5817 #175E35 #171D5E #5E1740

split-complementary

#5E5817 #17405E #35175E

monochromatic

#191706 #2D2A0B #5E5817 #8F8623 #C0B42F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#5E5817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5E5817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5817

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5817	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60550D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62581B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66514B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 88, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.084 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8659',
    500: '#5e5817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5817;
$custom-light: #8e8659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45296,
    "c": 0.08383,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.09421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5817

secondary

#3C4495

accent

#51E444

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5817

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

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