#5A4D12#5A4D12

#5A4D12 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.077 H 96.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4D12
RGB	rgb(90, 77, 18)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 80%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.97, -1.71, 34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.97, 34.92, 92.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.16% -0.0083 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(42.16% 0.077 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9799, 7.5255, 1.6571)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4D12 #121F5A

analogous

#5A2912 #5A4D12 #435A12

triadic

#5A4D12 #125A4D #4D125A

tetradic

#5A4D12 #125A29 #121F5A #5A1243

square

#5A4D12 #125A29 #121F5A #5A1243

split-complementary

#5A4D12 #12435A #29125A

monochromatic

#1A1605 #272108 #5A4D12 #8D791C #C0A426

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#5A4D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#5A4D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4D12

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4D12	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 77, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.077 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7e55',
    500: '#5a4d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4d12;
$custom-light: #8c7e55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42164,
    "c": 0.07729,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4D12

secondary

#354693

accent

#5DEA3E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4D12

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

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