#5A4E16#5A4E16

#5A4E16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.075 H 96.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4E16
RGB	rgb(90, 78, 22)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 75.6%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.31, -2.10, 33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.31, 33.50, 93.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% -0.0089 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.075 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0860, 7.6807, 1.8682)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4E16 #16225A

analogous

#5A2C16 #5A4E16 #445A16

triadic

#5A4E16 #165A4E #4E165A

tetradic

#5A4E16 #165A2C #16225A #5A1644

square

#5A4E16 #165A2C #16225A #5A1644

split-complementary

#5A4E16 #16445A #2C165A

monochromatic

#191506 #29230A #5A4E16 #8B7922 #BCA32E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#5A4E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#5A4E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4E16

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4E16	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5019

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 78, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.075 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7f57',
    500: '#5a4e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4e16;
$custom-light: #8b7f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42438,
    "c": 0.07516,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4E16

secondary

#3B4A91

accent

#60E444

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4E16

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

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