#5E5818#5E5818

#5E5818 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.083 H 103.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5818
RGB	rgb(94, 88, 24)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 74.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.79, -5.98, 36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.79, 36.65, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(45.3% -0.02 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(45.3% 0.083 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2710, 9.4254, 2.2476)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5818 #181E5E

analogous

#5E3518 #5E5818 #415E18

triadic

#5E5818 #185E58 #58185E

tetradic

#5E5818 #185E35 #181E5E #5E1841

square

#5E5818 #185E35 #181E5E #5E1841

split-complementary

#5E5818 #18415E #35185E

monochromatic

#181706 #2D2A0C #5E5818 #8F8624 #C0B331

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#5E5818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#5E5818 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5818

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5818	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60550E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62581C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65524B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 88, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.083 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8659',
    500: '#5e5818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5818;
$custom-light: #8e8659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45304,
    "c": 0.08307,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5818

secondary

#3D4594

accent

#53E345

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5818

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

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