#5A490F#5A490F

#5A490F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.076 H 91.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A490F
RGB	rgb(90, 73, 15)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(46, 83%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 83.3%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.75, 0.59, 34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.75, 34.97, 89.03°)
OKLab	oklab(41.19% -0.0021 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(41.19% 0.076 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6856, 6.9737, 1.4458)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A490F #0F205A

analogous

#5A230F #5A490F #455A0F

triadic

#5A490F #0F5A49 #490F5A

tetradic

#5A490F #0F5A23 #0F205A #5A0F45

square

#5A490F #0F5A23 #0F205A #5A0F45

split-complementary

#5A490F #0F455A #230F5A

monochromatic

#1A1504 #261E06 #5A490F #8E7418 #C39E20

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#5A490F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#5A490F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A490F

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A490F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A490F	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524805

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62423E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a490f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 73, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.076 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7b53',
    500: '#5a490f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a490f;
$custom-light: #8c7b53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a490f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.4,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41187,
    "c": 0.07636,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A490F

secondary

#314894

accent

#63EE3A

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0C0902

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A490F

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

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