#5E5D17#5E5D17

#5E5D17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.089 H 108.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5D17
RGB	rgb(94, 93, 23)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 75.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.32, -8.94, 38.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.32, 39.13, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(46.52% -0.0284 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(46.52% 0.089 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6854, 10.2705, 2.3353)
Luminance	0.1027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5D17 #17185E

analogous

#5E3917 #5E5D17 #3B5E17

triadic

#5E5D17 #175E5D #5D175E

tetradic

#5E5D17 #175E39 #17185E #5E173B

square

#5E5D17 #175E39 #17185E #5E173B

split-complementary

#5E5D17 #173B5E #39175E

monochromatic

#191806 #2D2C0B #5E5D17 #8F8E23 #C0BE2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#5E5D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#5E5D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5D17

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5D17	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)

#65590B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65574F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 93, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.089 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8a59',
    500: '#5e5d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5d17;
$custom-light: #8e8a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46523,
    "c": 0.08919,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5D17

secondary

#3C3D95

accent

#46E444

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0D0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5D17

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

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