#5E5B11#5E5B11

#5E5B11 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.091 H 107.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5B11
RGB	rgb(94, 91, 17)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(58, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 81.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.67, -8.09, 39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.67, 40.61, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(45.99% -0.0267 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(45.99% 0.091 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4587, 9.9026, 1.9960)
Luminance	0.0990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5B11 #11145E

analogous

#5E3511 #5E5B11 #3B5E11

triadic

#5E5B11 #115E5B #5B115E

tetradic

#5E5B11 #115E35 #11145E #5E113B

square

#5E5B11 #115E35 #11145E #5E113B

split-complementary

#5E5B11 #113B5E #35115E

monochromatic

#1A1905 #2A2908 #5E5B11 #928D1A #C6BF24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#5E5B11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#5E5B11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5B11

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5B11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5B11	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635701

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66544D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5b11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 91, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.091 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8956',
    500: '#5e5b11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5b11;
$custom-light: #8f8956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5b11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.662,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45987,
    "c": 0.0909,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5B11

secondary

#343897

accent

#42EC3C

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5B11

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

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