#5A511D#5A511D

#5A511D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.072 H 99.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A511D
RGB	rgb(90, 81, 29)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 67.8%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.29, -3.44, 31.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.29, 31.24, 96.32°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% -0.0119 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.072 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3810, 8.1475, 2.3460)
Luminance	0.0815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A511D #1D265A

analogous

#5A321D #5A511D #445A1D

triadic

#5A511D #1D5A51 #511D5A

tetradic

#5A511D #1D5A32 #1D265A #5A1D44

square

#5A511D #1D5A32 #1D265A #5A1D44

split-complementary

#5A511D #1D445A #321D5A

monochromatic

#171507 #2C270E #5A511D #887B2C #B7A43B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.99

#5A511D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#5A511D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A511D

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A511D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A511D	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)

#594F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a511d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 81, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.072 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b815c',
    500: '#5a511d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a511d;
$custom-light: #8b815c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a511d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43235,
    "c": 0.07189,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A511D

secondary

#444F8F

accent

#62DB4D

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A511D

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

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