#5E601B#5E601B

#5E601B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.090 H 111.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E601B
RGB	rgb(94, 96, 27)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 71.9%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.28, -10.42, 37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.28, 38.77, 105.59°)
OKLab	oklab(47.3% -0.0321 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(47.3% 0.09 111)
XYZ	xyz(8.9971, 10.8248, 2.6521)
Luminance	0.1082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E601B #1D1B60

analogous

#60401B #5E601B #3C601B

triadic

#5E601B #1B5E60 #601B5E

tetradic

#5E601B #1B6040 #1D1B60 #601B3C

square

#5E601B #1B6040 #1D1B60 #601B3C

split-complementary

#5E601B #1B3C60 #401B60

monochromatic

#171807 #2F300E #5E601B #8D9028 #BCC036

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#5E601B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#5E601B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E601B

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E601B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E601B	1.00	6.64	3.17	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#655A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e601b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 96, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.090 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8d5c',
    500: '#5e601b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e601b;
$custom-light: #8e8d5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e601b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.739,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.473,
    "c": 0.08966,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.10825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E601B

secondary

#444196

accent

#48DF4D

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0D0C04

muted

#7D7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E601B

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

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