#5E5D16#5E5D16

#5E5D16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.090 H 108.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5D16
RGB	rgb(94, 93, 22)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 76.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.32, -9.00, 38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.32, 39.53, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(46.52% -0.0287 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(46.52% 0.09 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6756, 10.2666, 2.2836)
Luminance	0.1027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5D16 #16175E

analogous

#5E3916 #5E5D16 #3B5E16

triadic

#5E5D16 #165E5D #5D165E

tetradic

#5E5D16 #165E39 #16175E #5E163B

square

#5E5D16 #165E39 #16175E #5E163B

split-complementary

#5E5D16 #163B5E #39165E

monochromatic

#191906 #2C2C0A #5E5D16 #908E22 #C1BF2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#5E5D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#5E5D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5D16

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5D16	1.00	6.88	3.05	6.88
#FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65574F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 93, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.090 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8a59',
    500: '#5e5d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5d16;
$custom-light: #8e8a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46516,
    "c": 0.08989,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5D16

secondary

#3B3C95

accent

#45E543

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0D0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5D16

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

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