#5E591C#5E591C

#5E591C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.081 H 104.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E591C
RGB	rgb(94, 89, 28)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 70.2%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.13, -6.31, 34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.13, 35.25, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(45.59% -0.0204 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(45.59% 0.081 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3984, 9.6086, 2.5106)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E591C #1C215E

analogous

#5E381C #5E591C #425E1C

triadic

#5E591C #1C5E59 #591C5E

tetradic

#5E591C #1C5E38 #1C215E #5E1C42

square

#5E591C #1C5E38 #1C215E #5E1C42

split-complementary

#5E591C #1C425E #381C5E

monochromatic

#181607 #2F2C0E #5E591C #8D862A #BCB238

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#5E591C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#5E591C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E591C

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E591C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E591C	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)

#615614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635920

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65534C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e591c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 89, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.081 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e875c',
    500: '#5e591c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e591c;
$custom-light: #8e875c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e591c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45585,
    "c": 0.0809,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E591C

secondary

#424993

accent

#55DD4A

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E591C

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

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