#5E6417#5E6417

#5E6417 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.097 H 113.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E6417
RGB	rgb(94, 100, 23)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 77%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.50, -12.91, 40.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.50, 42.22, 107.80°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% -0.0395 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.097 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3282, 11.5561, 2.5496)
Luminance	0.1156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E6417 #1D1764

analogous

#644417 #5E6417 #386417

triadic

#5E6417 #175E64 #64175E

tetradic

#5E6417 #176444 #1D1764 #641738

square

#5E6417 #176444 #1D1764 #641738

split-complementary

#5E6417 #173864 #441764

monochromatic

#171906 #2F320C #5E6417 #8D9622 #BCC82E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#5E6417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#5E6417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E6417

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E6417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E6417	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C5F08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#655E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e6417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 100, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.097 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e905a',
    500: '#5e6417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e6417;
$custom-light: #8e905a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e6417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.675,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48266,
    "c": 0.09735,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E6417

secondary

#443C9A

accent

#42E64F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0D0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E6417

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

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