#5E5912#5E5912

#5E5912 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.088 H 105.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5912
RGB	rgb(94, 89, 18)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(56, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 80.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, -6.88, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 39.47, 100.04°)
OKLab	oklab(45.5% -0.0232 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(45.5% 0.088 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2980, 9.5684, 1.9819)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5912 #12175E

analogous

#5E3312 #5E5912 #3D5E12

triadic

#5E5912 #125E59 #59125E

tetradic

#5E5912 #125E33 #12175E #5E123D

square

#5E5912 #125E33 #12175E #5E123D

split-complementary

#5E5912 #123D5E #33125E

monochromatic

#1A1805 #2B2808 #5E5912 #918A1C #C5BA26

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#5E5912 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#5E5912 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5912

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5912	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5912	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)

#625604

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635917

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66524C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5912;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 89, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.088 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8756',
    500: '#5e5912',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5912;
$custom-light: #8f8756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5912",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.053,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45503,
    "c": 0.08823,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5912

secondary

#353C96

accent

#48EB3D

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5912

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

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