#5A541D#5A541D

#5A541D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.075 H 103.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A541D
RGB	rgb(90, 84, 29)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 67.8%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.21, -5.24, 32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.21, 32.47, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(43.97% -0.017 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(43.97% 0.075 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6088, 8.6033, 2.4220)
Luminance	0.0860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A541D #1D235A

analogous

#5A351D #5A541D #415A1D

triadic

#5A541D #1D5A54 #541D5A

tetradic

#5A541D #1D5A35 #1D235A #5A1D41

square

#5A541D #1D5A35 #1D235A #5A1D41

split-complementary

#5A541D #1D415A #351D5A

monochromatic

#171607 #2C290E #5A541D #887F2C #B7AA3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.72

#5A541D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#5A541D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A541D

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A541D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A541D	1.00	7.72	2.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5420

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a541d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 84, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.075 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b835c',
    500: '#5a541d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a541d;
$custom-light: #8b835c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a541d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43966,
    "c": 0.07495,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A541D

secondary

#444B8F

accent

#5BDB4D

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A541D

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

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