#5A5215#5A5215

#5A5215 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.080 H 101.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A5215
RGB	rgb(90, 82, 21)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 76.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.52, -4.57, 35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.52, 35.39, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% -0.0161 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.08 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3694, 8.2627, 1.9160)
Luminance	0.0826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A5215 #151D5A

analogous

#5A3015 #5A5215 #405A15

triadic

#5A5215 #155A52 #52155A

tetradic

#5A5215 #155A30 #151D5A #5A1540

square

#5A5215 #155A30 #151D5A #5A1540

split-complementary

#5A5215 #15405A #30155A

monochromatic

#191706 #282509 #5A5215 #8C7F21 #BDAC2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.92

#5A5215 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#5A5215 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A5215

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A5215	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A5215	1.00	7.92	2.65	7.92
#FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A4F0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a5215;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 82, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.080 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8257',
    500: '#5a5215',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a5215;
$custom-light: #8b8257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a5215",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43399,
    "c": 0.07957,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A5215

secondary

#394492

accent

#55E543

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A5215

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

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