#5E5A12#5E5A12

#5E5A12 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.089 H 106.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5A12
RGB	rgb(94, 90, 18)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(57, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 80.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.36, -7.46, 39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.36, 39.86, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(45.75% -0.0248 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(45.75% 0.089 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3818, 9.7360, 2.0099)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5A12 #12165E

analogous

#5E3412 #5E5A12 #3C5E12

triadic

#5E5A12 #125E5A #5A125E

tetradic

#5E5A12 #125E34 #12165E #5E123C

square

#5E5A12 #125E34 #12165E #5E123C

split-complementary

#5E5A12 #123C5E #34125E

monochromatic

#1A1905 #2B2908 #5E5A12 #918B1C #C5BC26

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#5E5A12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#5E5A12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5A12

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5A12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5A12	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)

#625603

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645918

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66534C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5a12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 90, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.089 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8857',
    500: '#5e5a12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5a12;
$custom-light: #8f8857;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5a12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45748,
    "c": 0.08926,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5A12

secondary

#353B96

accent

#46EB3D

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5A12

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

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