#5A4D15#5A4D15

#5A4D15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.075 H 95.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4D15
RGB	rgb(90, 77, 21)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 76.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.00, -1.55, 33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.00, 33.61, 92.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% -0.0075 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.075 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0060, 7.5359, 1.7949)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4D15 #15225A

analogous

#5A2B15 #5A4D15 #455A15

triadic

#5A4D15 #155A4D #4D155A

tetradic

#5A4D15 #155A2B #15225A #5A1545

square

#5A4D15 #155A2B #15225A #5A1545

split-complementary

#5A4D15 #15455A #2B155A

monochromatic

#191506 #282309 #5A4D15 #8C7721 #BDA22C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#5A4D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#5A4D15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4D15

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4D15	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)

#564B0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 77, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.075 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7e56',
    500: '#5a4d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4d15;
$custom-light: #8b7e56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42189,
    "c": 0.07511,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4D15

secondary

#394A92

accent

#61E543

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4D15

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

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