#5E5A11#5E5A11

#5E5A11 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.090 H 106.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5A11
RGB	rgb(94, 90, 17)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(57, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 81.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.36, -7.51, 39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.36, 40.22, 100.76°)
OKLab	oklab(45.74% -0.0251 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(45.74% 0.09 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3738, 9.7328, 1.9677)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5A11 #11155E

analogous

#5E3411 #5E5A11 #3C5E11

triadic

#5E5A11 #115E5A #5A115E

tetradic

#5E5A11 #115E34 #11155E #5E113C

square

#5E5A11 #115E34 #11155E #5E113C

split-complementary

#5E5A11 #113C5E #34115E

monochromatic

#1A1905 #2A2808 #5E5A11 #928C1A #C6BD24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#5E5A11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#5E5A11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5A11

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5A11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5A11	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635602

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645917

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66534C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5a11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 90, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.090 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8856',
    500: '#5e5a11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5a11;
$custom-light: #8f8856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5a11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.883,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45741,
    "c": 0.08986,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5A11

secondary

#343997

accent

#45EC3C

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5A11

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

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