#5A5011#5A5011

#5A5011 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.081 H 99.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A5011
RGB	rgb(90, 80, 17)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(52, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 81.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.88, -3.58, 36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.88, 36.33, 95.66°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% -0.0138 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.081 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1866, 7.9518, 1.6865)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A5011 #111B5A

analogous

#5A2B11 #5A5011 #3F5A11

triadic

#5A5011 #115A50 #50115A

tetradic

#5A5011 #115A2B #111B5A #5A113F

square

#5A5011 #115A2B #111B5A #5A113F

split-complementary

#5A5011 #113F5A #2B115A

monochromatic

#1A1705 #272207 #5A5011 #8D7E1B #C1AC24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#5A5011 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#5A5011 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A5011

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A5011	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A5011	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594E05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5115

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a5011;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 80, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.081 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8055',
    500: '#5a5011',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a5011;
$custom-light: #8c8055;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a5011",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.781,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42881,
    "c": 0.0805,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A5011

secondary

#344193

accent

#55EB3D

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A5011

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

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