#5E591A#5E591A

#5E591A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.083 H 104.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E591A
RGB	rgb(94, 89, 26)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 72.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.11, -6.44, 35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.11, 36.16, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(45.57% -0.021 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(45.57% 0.083 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3753, 9.5993, 2.3888)
Luminance	0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E591A #1A1F5E

analogous

#5E371A #5E591A #415E1A

triadic

#5E591A #1A5E59 #591A5E

tetradic

#5E591A #1A5E37 #1A1F5E #5E1A41

square

#5E591A #1A5E37 #1A1F5E #5E1A41

split-complementary

#5E591A #1A415E #371A5E

monochromatic

#181707 #2E2C0D #5E591A #8E8627 #BEB435

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#5E591A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#5E591A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E591A

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E591A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E591A	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63591E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65534C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e591a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 89, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.083 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e875b',
    500: '#5e591a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e591a;
$custom-light: #8e875b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e591a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45566,
    "c": 0.08255,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E591A

secondary

#404694

accent

#53E048

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E591A

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

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