#5A5015#5A5015

#5A5015 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.078 H 99.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A5015
RGB	rgb(90, 80, 21)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 76.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.91, -3.37, 34.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.91, 34.65, 95.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% -0.0127 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.078 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2208, 7.9655, 1.8665)
Luminance	0.0796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A5015 #151F5A

analogous

#5A2E15 #5A5015 #425A15

triadic

#5A5015 #155A50 #50155A

tetradic

#5A5015 #155A2E #151F5A #5A1542

square

#5A5015 #155A2E #151F5A #5A1542

split-complementary

#5A5015 #15425A #2E155A

monochromatic

#191606 #282409 #5A5015 #8C7C21 #BDA82C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#5A5015 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#5A5015 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A5015

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A5015	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A5015	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584E0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5119

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a5015;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 80, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.078 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8057',
    500: '#5a5015',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a5015;
$custom-light: #8b8057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a5015",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42913,
    "c": 0.07769,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A5015

secondary

#394692

accent

#5AE543

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A5015

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

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