#5A511C#5A511C

#5A511C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.073 H 99.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A511C
RGB	rgb(90, 81, 28)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 68.9%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.28, -3.52, 31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.28, 31.74, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% -0.0122 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.073 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3688, 8.1427, 2.2819)
Luminance	0.0814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A511C #1C255A

analogous

#5A321C #5A511C #445A1C

triadic

#5A511C #1C5A51 #511C5A

tetradic

#5A511C #1C5A32 #1C255A #5A1C44

square

#5A511C #1C5A32 #1C255A #5A1C44

split-complementary

#5A511C #1C445A #321C5A

monochromatic

#171507 #2B270D #5A511C #897B2B #B7A539

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.99

#5A511C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#5A511C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A511C

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A511C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A511C	1.00	7.99	2.63	7.99
#FFFFFF	7.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a511c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 81, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.073 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b815b',
    500: '#5a511c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a511c;
$custom-light: #8b815b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a511c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43224,
    "c": 0.07281,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A511C

secondary

#424E8F

accent

#61DC4C

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A511C

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

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