#5E5915#5E5915

#5E5915 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.086 H 105.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5915
RGB	rgb(94, 89, 21)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 77.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.08, -6.73, 37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.08, 38.30, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(45.52% -0.0224 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(45.52% 0.086 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3242, 9.5789, 2.1198)
Luminance	0.0958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5915 #151A5E

analogous

#5E3415 #5E5915 #3F5E15

triadic

#5E5915 #155E59 #59155E

tetradic

#5E5915 #155E34 #151A5E #5E153F

square

#5E5915 #155E34 #151A5E #5E153F

split-complementary

#5E5915 #153F5E #34155E

monochromatic

#191806 #2C2A0A #5E5915 #908820 #C2B82B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#5E5915 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#5E5915 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5915

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5915	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5915	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615609

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63591A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66524C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5915;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 89, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.086 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8758',
    500: '#5e5915',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5915;
$custom-light: #8e8758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5915",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.89,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45524,
    "c": 0.08628,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5915

secondary

#394095

accent

#4DE741

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5915

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

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