#5E5D11#5E5D11

#5E5D11 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.093 H 108.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5D11
RGB	rgb(94, 93, 17)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 81.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.29, -9.24, 40.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.29, 41.40, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(46.48% -0.0299 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(46.48% 0.093 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6320, 10.2491, 2.0538)
Luminance	0.1025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5D11 #11125E

analogous

#5E3711 #5E5D11 #395E11

triadic

#5E5D11 #115E5D #5D115E

tetradic

#5E5D11 #115E37 #11125E #5E1139

square

#5E5D11 #115E37 #11125E #5E1139

split-complementary

#5E5D11 #11395E #37115E

monochromatic

#1A1A05 #2A2A08 #5E5D11 #92901A #C6C424

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#5E5D11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#5E5D11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5D11

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5D11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5D11	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655901

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65564F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5d11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 93, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.093 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8a57',
    500: '#5e5d11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5d11;
$custom-light: #8f8a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5d11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.221,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46481,
    "c": 0.09304,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5D11

secondary

#343597

accent

#3EEC3C

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0D0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5D11

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

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