#5A540F#5A540F

#5A540F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.086 H 104.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A540F
RGB	rgb(90, 84, 15)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 83.3%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.10, -6.06, 38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.10, 38.52, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.85% -0.021 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(43.85% 0.086 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4733, 8.5491, 1.7083)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A540F #0F155A

analogous

#5A2E0F #5A540F #3A5A0F

triadic

#5A540F #0F5A54 #540F5A

tetradic

#5A540F #0F5A2E #0F155A #5A0F3A

square

#5A540F #0F5A2E #0F155A #5A0F3A

split-complementary

#5A540F #0F3A5A #2E0F5A

monochromatic

#1A1804 #262306 #5A540F #8E8518 #C3B620

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#5A540F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#5A540F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A540F

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A540F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A540F	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5101

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5414

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a540f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 84, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.086 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8354',
    500: '#5a540f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a540f;
$custom-light: #8c8354;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a540f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43846,
    "c": 0.08551,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A540F

secondary

#313994

accent

#48EE3A

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A540F

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

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