#5E591F#5E591F

#5E591F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.078 H 104.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E591F
RGB	rgb(94, 89, 31)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 67%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.16, -6.10, 33.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.16, 33.82, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(45.62% -0.0194 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(45.62% 0.078 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4361, 9.6237, 2.7092)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E591F #1F245E

analogous

#5E3A1F #5E591F #445E1F

triadic

#5E591F #1F5E59 #591F5E

tetradic

#5E591F #1F5E3A #1F245E #5E1F44

square

#5E591F #1F5E3A #1F245E #5E1F44

split-complementary

#5E591F #1F445E #3A1F5E

monochromatic

#171608 #302D10 #5E591F #8C852E #BAB03D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#5E591F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#5E591F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E591F

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E591F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E591F	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)

#615618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65534D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e591f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 89, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.078 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e875e',
    500: '#5e591f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e591f;
$custom-light: #8e875e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e591f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45616,
    "c": 0.07825,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E591F

secondary

#464C93

accent

#59DA4E

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E591F

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

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