#5E590F#5E590F

#5E590F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.090 H 105.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E590F
RGB	rgb(94, 89, 15)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(56, 84%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 84%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.04, -7.01, 39.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.04, 40.54, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(45.48% -0.0239 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(45.48% 0.09 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2751, 9.5593, 1.8611)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E590F #0F145E

analogous

#5E320F #5E590F #3C5E0F

triadic

#5E590F #0F5E59 #590F5E

tetradic

#5E590F #0F5E32 #0F145E #5E0F3C

square

#5E590F #0F5E32 #0F145E #5E0F3C

split-complementary

#5E590F #0F3C5E #320F5E

monochromatic

#1A1904 #292707 #5E590F #938B17 #C8BD20

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#5E590F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#5E590F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E590F

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E590F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E590F	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635915

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66524B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e590f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 89, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.090 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8755',
    500: '#5e590f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e590f;
$custom-light: #8f8755;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e590f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.203,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45484,
    "c": 0.08998,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E590F

secondary

#313897

accent

#44EF39

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E590F

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

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