#5E6215#5E6215

#5E6215 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.096 H 112.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E6215
RGB	rgb(94, 98, 21)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 78.6%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.86, -11.89, 40.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.86, 42.08, 106.42°)
OKLab	oklab(47.75% -0.0369 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(47.75% 0.096 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1194, 11.1694, 2.3848)
Luminance	0.1117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E6215 #191562

analogous

#623F15 #5E6215 #376215

triadic

#5E6215 #155E62 #62155E

tetradic

#5E6215 #15623F #191562 #621537

square

#5E6215 #15623F #191562 #621537

split-complementary

#5E6215 #153762 #3F1562

monochromatic

#181905 #2E300A #5E6215 #8E9420 #BFC72B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#5E6215 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#5E6215 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E6215

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E6215	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E6215	1.00	6.49	3.23	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#655C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e6215;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 98, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.096 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8e59',
    500: '#5e6215',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e6215;
$custom-light: #8e8e59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e6215",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.117,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47751,
    "c": 0.09627,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E6215

secondary

#3F3A99

accent

#40E849

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0D0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E6215

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

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