#5A4E1B#5A4E1B

#5A4E1B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.071 H 95.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4E1B
RGB	rgb(90, 78, 27)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 70%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.35, -1.77, 31.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.35, 31.11, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% -0.0073 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.071 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1390, 7.7019, 2.1473)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4E1B #1B275A

analogous

#5A2E1B #5A4E1B #465A1B

triadic

#5A4E1B #1B5A4E #4E1B5A

tetradic

#5A4E1B #1B5A2E #1B275A #5A1B46

square

#5A4E1B #1B5A2E #1B275A #5A1B46

split-complementary

#5A4E1B #1B465A #2E1B5A

monochromatic

#181407 #2B250D #5A4E1B #897729 #B8A037

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#5A4E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#5A4E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4E1B

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4E1B	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 78, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.071 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7f5a',
    500: '#5a4e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4e1b;
$custom-light: #8b7f5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42489,
    "c": 0.07095,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4E1B

secondary

#415090

accent

#67DD4B

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4E1B

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

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