#5A4D11#5A4D11

#5A4D11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.078 H 96.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4D11
RGB	rgb(90, 77, 17)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 81.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.97, -1.76, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.97, 35.33, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.16% -0.0086 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(42.16% 0.078 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9719, 7.5223, 1.6149)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4D11 #111E5A

analogous

#5A2811 #5A4D11 #425A11

triadic

#5A4D11 #115A4D #4D115A

tetradic

#5A4D11 #115A28 #111E5A #5A1142

square

#5A4D11 #115A28 #111E5A #5A1142

split-complementary

#5A4D11 #11425A #28115A

monochromatic

#1A1605 #272107 #5A4D11 #8D791B #C1A524

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#5A4D11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#5A4D11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4D11

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4D11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4D11	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564B06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4d11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 77, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.078 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7e54',
    500: '#5a4d11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4d11;
$custom-light: #8c7e54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4d11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42156,
    "c": 0.07797,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4D11

secondary

#344593

accent

#5CEB3D

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4D11

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

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