#5A501B#5A501B

#5A501B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.073 H 98.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A501B
RGB	rgb(90, 80, 27)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 70%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.96, -2.98, 31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.96, 31.85, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% -0.0108 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.073 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2833, 7.9904, 2.1954)
Luminance	0.0799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A501B #1B255A

analogous

#5A301B #5A501B #445A1B

triadic

#5A501B #1B5A50 #501B5A

tetradic

#5A501B #1B5A30 #1B255A #5A1B44

square

#5A501B #1B5A30 #1B255A #5A1B44

split-complementary

#5A501B #1B445A #301B5A

monochromatic

#181507 #2B260D #5A501B #897A29 #B8A437

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#5A501B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#5A501B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A501B

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A501B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A501B	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584E15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a501b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 80, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.073 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b805a',
    500: '#5a501b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a501b;
$custom-light: #8b805a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a501b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42971,
    "c": 0.07275,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A501B

secondary

#414E90

accent

#62DD4B

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A501B

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

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