#5E5916#5E5916

#5E5916 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.086 H 105.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5916
RGB	rgb(94, 89, 22)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 76.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.08, -6.68, 37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.08, 37.89, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(45.53% -0.0222 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(45.53% 0.086 105)
XYZ	xyz(8.3336, 9.5827, 2.1696)
Luminance	0.0958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5916 #161B5E

analogous

#5E3516 #5E5916 #3F5E16

triadic

#5E5916 #165E59 #59165E

tetradic

#5E5916 #165E35 #161B5E #5E163F

square

#5E5916 #165E35 #161B5E #5E163F

split-complementary

#5E5916 #163F5E #35165E

monochromatic

#191706 #2C2A0A #5E5916 #908822 #C1B72D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#5E5916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#5E5916 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5916

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5916	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)

#61560B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63591B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65524C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 89, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.086 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8758',
    500: '#5e5916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5916;
$custom-light: #8e8758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45532,
    "c": 0.08558,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.09582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5916

secondary

#3B4195

accent

#4EE543

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5916

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

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