#5E6512#5E6512

#5E6512 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.102 H 114.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E6512
RGB	rgb(94, 101, 18)
HSL	hsl(65, 70%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(65, 82%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 82.2%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.79, -13.71, 42.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.79, 44.45, 107.97°)
OKLab	oklab(48.48% -0.0422 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(48.48% 0.102 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3792, 11.7309, 2.3424)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E6512 #191265

analogous

#654212 #5E6512 #346512

triadic

#5E6512 #125E65 #65125E

tetradic

#5E6512 #126542 #191265 #651234

square

#5E6512 #126542 #191265 #651234

split-complementary

#5E6512 #123465 #421265

monochromatic

#181A05 #2E3109 #5E6512 #8E991B #BFCD25

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#5E6512 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#5E6512 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E6512

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E6512	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E6512	1.00	6.28	3.35	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#655F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e6512;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 101, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.102 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f9058',
    500: '#5e6512',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e6512;
$custom-light: #8f9058;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e6512",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.06,
    "s": 69.748,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48484,
    "c": 0.10158,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E6512

secondary

#3F369D

accent

#3BED4A

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0D0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E6512

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

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