#5E591E#5E591E

#5E591E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.079 H 104.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E591E
RGB	rgb(94, 89, 30)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 68.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.15, -6.17, 33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.15, 34.30, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(45.61% -0.0198 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(45.61% 0.079 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4231, 9.6185, 2.6409)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E591E #1E235E

analogous

#5E391E #5E591E #435E1E

triadic

#5E591E #1E5E59 #591E5E

tetradic

#5E591E #1E5E39 #1E235E #5E1E43

square

#5E591E #1E5E39 #1E235E #5E1E43

split-complementary

#5E591E #1E435E #391E5E

monochromatic

#171607 #302D0F #5E591E #8C852D #BBB13C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#5E591E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#5E591E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E591E

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E591E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E591E	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65534D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e591e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 89, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.079 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e875d',
    500: '#5e591e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e591e;
$custom-light: #8e875d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e591e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.313,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45606,
    "c": 0.07916,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E591E

secondary

#454B93

accent

#58DB4D

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E591E

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

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