#5A520F#5A520F

#5A520F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.084 H 102.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A520F
RGB	rgb(90, 82, 15)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(54, 83%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 83.3%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.48, -4.87, 37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.48, 37.79, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(43.36% -0.0176 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(43.36% 0.084 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3203, 8.2431, 1.6573)
Luminance	0.0824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A520F #0F175A

analogous

#5A2C0F #5A520F #3C5A0F

triadic

#5A520F #0F5A52 #520F5A

tetradic

#5A520F #0F5A2C #0F175A #5A0F3C

square

#5A520F #0F5A2C #0F175A #5A0F3C

split-complementary

#5A520F #0F3C5A #2C0F5A

monochromatic

#1A1804 #262206 #5A520F #8E8218 #C3B220

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#5A520F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#5A520F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A520F

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A520F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A520F	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A4F02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5314

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a520f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 82, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.084 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8254',
    500: '#5a520f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a520f;
$custom-light: #8c8254;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a520f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43355,
    "c": 0.08359,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A520F

secondary

#313C94

accent

#4DEE3A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A520F

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

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