#605E42#605E42

#605E42 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.042 H 104.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#605E42
RGB	rgb(96, 94, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 19%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(56, 31%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 31.3%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.39, -4.20, 16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.39, 16.92, 104.37°)
OKLab	oklab(47.6% -0.0106 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(47.6% 0.042 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.8100, 10.8857, 6.7376)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#605E42 #424460

analogous

#604F42 #605E42 #536042

triadic

#605E42 #42605E #5E4260

tetradic

#605E42 #42604F #424460 #604253

square

#605E42 #42604F #424460 #604253

split-complementary

#605E42 #425360 #4F4260

monochromatic

#171710 #3C3A29 #605E42 #84825B #A3A079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#605E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#605E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #605E42

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##605E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##605E42	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#645A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #605e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 94, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.042 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d8b76',
    500: '#605e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #605e42;
$custom-light: #8d8b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#605e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.476,
    "c": 0.0424,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#605E42

secondary

#6E718F

accent

#72BB6D

background

#F8F8F7

surface

#F0F0ED

border

#CBCBC8

text

#0C0C08

muted

#7D7D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #605E42

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

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