#5E6517#5E6517

#5E6517 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.099 H 114.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E6517
RGB	rgb(94, 101, 23)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 77.2%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.81, -13.46, 40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.81, 42.68, 108.39°)
OKLab	oklab(48.52% -0.0411 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(48.52% 0.099 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4247, 11.7491, 2.5818)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E6517 #1E1765

analogous

#654517 #5E6517 #376517

triadic

#5E6517 #175E65 #65175E

tetradic

#5E6517 #176545 #1E1765 #651737

square

#5E6517 #176545 #1E1765 #651737

split-complementary

#5E6517 #173765 #451765

monochromatic

#171906 #30330C #5E6517 #8C9722 #BBC92E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#5E6517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#5E6517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E6517

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E6517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E6517	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6008

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#655F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e6517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 101, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.099 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e905b',
    500: '#5e6517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e6517;
$custom-light: #8e905b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e6517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.385,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48516,
    "c": 0.09856,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E6517

secondary

#453C9B

accent

#42E651

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F1F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0D0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E6517

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

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