#5E5A42#5E5A42

#5E5A42 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.037 H 99.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5A42
RGB	rgb(94, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 18%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(51, 30%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 29.8%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.00, -2.70, 14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.00, 14.73, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(46.45% -0.0062 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(46.45% 0.037 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2557, 10.0856, 6.6123)
Luminance	0.1008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5A42 #42465E

analogous

#5E4C42 #5E5A42 #545E42

triadic

#5E5A42 #425E5A #5A425E

tetradic

#5E5A42 #425E4C #42465E #5E4254

square

#5E5A42 #425E4C #42465E #5E4254

split-complementary

#5E5A42 #42545E #4C425E

monochromatic

#161510 #3A3829 #5E5A42 #827C5B #A19B79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#5E5A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#5E5A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5A42

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5A42	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#625754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.037 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8876',
    500: '#5e5a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5a42;
$custom-light: #8c8876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 17.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46454,
    "c": 0.03703,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5A42

secondary

#6E738D

accent

#79BA6E

background

#F8F8F7

surface

#F0EFED

border

#CBCAC8

text

#0C0B08

muted

#7D7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5A42

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

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