#5A4E12#5A4E12

#5A4E12 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.078 H 97.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4E12
RGB	rgb(90, 78, 18)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 80%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.28, -2.32, 35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.28, 35.24, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.4% -0.0101 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(42.4% 0.078 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.0504, 7.6665, 1.6806)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4E12 #121E5A

analogous

#5A2A12 #5A4E12 #425A12

triadic

#5A4E12 #125A4E #4E125A

tetradic

#5A4E12 #125A2A #121E5A #5A1242

square

#5A4E12 #125A2A #121E5A #5A1242

split-complementary

#5A4E12 #12425A #2A125A

monochromatic

#1A1605 #272208 #5A4E12 #8D7A1C #C0A626

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#5A4E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#5A4E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4E12

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4E12	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574C08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5016

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 78, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.078 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7f55',
    500: '#5a4e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4e12;
$custom-light: #8c7f55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42404,
    "c": 0.0781,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4E12

secondary

#354593

accent

#5BEA3E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4E12

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

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