#5A5016#5A5016

#5A5016 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.077 H 99.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A5016
RGB	rgb(90, 80, 22)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 75.6%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.92, -3.31, 34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.92, 34.20, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% -0.0124 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.077 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2303, 7.9693, 1.9163)
Luminance	0.0797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A5016 #16205A

analogous

#5A2E16 #5A5016 #425A16

triadic

#5A5016 #165A50 #50165A

tetradic

#5A5016 #165A2E #16205A #5A1642

square

#5A5016 #165A2E #16205A #5A1642

split-complementary

#5A5016 #16425A #2E165A

monochromatic

#191606 #29240A #5A5016 #8B7C22 #BCA72E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#5A5016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#5A5016 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A5016

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A5016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A5016	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)

#584E0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5119

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a5016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 80, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.077 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8057',
    500: '#5a5016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a5016;
$custom-light: #8b8057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a5016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42922,
    "c": 0.07694,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A5016

secondary

#3B4791

accent

#5BE444

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A5016

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

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