#5E5E50#5E5E50

#5E5E50 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.022 H 107.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5E50
RGB	rgb(94, 94, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 8%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(60, 15%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 14.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.52, -2.75, 8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.52, 8.50, 108.85°)
OKLab	oklab(47.76% -0.0064 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(47.76% 0.022 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0666, 10.9644, 9.1739)
Luminance	0.1096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5E50 #50505E

analogous

#5E5750 #5E5E50 #575E50

triadic

#5E5E50 #505E5E #5E505E

tetradic

#5E5E50 #505E57 #50505E #5E5057

square

#5E5E50 #505E57 #50505E #5E5057

split-complementary

#5E5E50 #50575E #57505E

monochromatic

#1C1C18 #3D3D34 #5E5E50 #7F7F6C #9D9D8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#5E5E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#5E5E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5E50

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5E50	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615D50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#605C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 94, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.022 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8b81',
    500: '#5e5e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5e50;
$custom-light: #8b8b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 8.046,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47764,
    "c": 0.02177,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5E50

secondary

#7E7E8C

accent

#77B177

background

#F8F8F7

surface

#F0F0EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0C0C0A

muted

#7D7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5E50

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

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