#5E5E17#5E5E17

#5E5E17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.090 H 109.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5E17
RGB	rgb(94, 94, 23)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.63, -9.52, 38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.63, 39.56, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(46.77% -0.03 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(46.77% 0.09 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7738, 10.4472, 2.3648)
Luminance	0.1045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5E17 #17175E

analogous

#5E3A17 #5E5E17 #3A5E17

triadic

#5E5E17 #175E5E #5E175E

tetradic

#5E5E17 #175E3A #17175E #5E173A

square

#5E5E17 #175E3A #17175E #5E173A

split-complementary

#5E5E17 #173A5E #3A175E

monochromatic

#191906 #2D2D0B #5E5E17 #8F8F23 #C0C02F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#5E5E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#5E5E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5E17

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5E17	1.00	6.80	3.09	6.80
#FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665A0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#655850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 94, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.090 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8b5a',
    500: '#5e5e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5e17;
$custom-light: #8e8b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46771,
    "c": 0.09031,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5E17

secondary

#3C3C95

accent

#44E444

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0D0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5E17

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

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