#5E591B#5E591B

#5E591B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.082 H 104.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E591B
RGB	rgb(94, 89, 27)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 71.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.12, -6.38, 35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.12, 35.71, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(45.58% -0.0207 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(45.58% 0.082 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3866, 9.6039, 2.4487)
Luminance	0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E591B #1B205E

analogous

#5E371B #5E591B #415E1B

triadic

#5E591B #1B5E59 #591B5E

tetradic

#5E591B #1B5E37 #1B205E #5E1B41

square

#5E591B #1B5E37 #1B205E #5E1B41

split-complementary

#5E591B #1B415E #371B5E

monochromatic

#181707 #2E2C0D #5E591B #8E8629 #BDB336

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#5E591B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#5E591B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E591B

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E591B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E591B	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)

#615613

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63591F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65534C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e591b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 89, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.082 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e875b',
    500: '#5e591b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e591b;
$custom-light: #8e875b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e591b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45576,
    "c": 0.08174,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E591B

secondary

#414794

accent

#54DF49

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E591B

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

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