#5A4812#5A4812

#5A4812 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.074 H 89.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4812
RGB	rgb(90, 72, 18)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 80%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, 1.36, 33.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 33.45, 87.68°)
OKLab	oklab(40.98% 0.0004 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(40.98% 0.074 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6434, 6.8525, 1.5449)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4812 #12245A

analogous

#5A2412 #5A4812 #485A12

triadic

#5A4812 #125A48 #48125A

tetradic

#5A4812 #125A24 #12245A #5A1248

square

#5A4812 #125A24 #12245A #5A1248

split-complementary

#5A4812 #12485A #24125A

monochromatic

#1A1405 #271F08 #5A4812 #8D711C #C09A26

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#5A4812 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#5A4812 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4812

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4812	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4812	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514709

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564C15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62413D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4812;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 72, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.074 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7a54',
    500: '#5a4812',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4812;
$custom-light: #8c7a54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4812",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40975,
    "c": 0.07375,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4812

secondary

#354D93

accent

#69EA3E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE8

border

#CBC8C4

text

#0C0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4812

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

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