#5A550F#5A550F

#5A550F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.087 H 105.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A550F
RGB	rgb(90, 85, 15)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(56, 83%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 83.3%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.41, -6.65, 38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.41, 38.89, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.09% -0.0226 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(44.09% 0.087 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5515, 8.7054, 1.7344)
Luminance	0.0871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A550F #0F145A

analogous

#5A2F0F #5A550F #395A0F

triadic

#5A550F #0F5A55 #550F5A

tetradic

#5A550F #0F5A2F #0F145A #5A0F39

square

#5A550F #0F5A2F #0F145A #5A0F39

split-complementary

#5A550F #0F395A #2F0F5A

monochromatic

#1A1904 #262306 #5A550F #8E8718 #C3B820

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#5A550F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#5A550F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A550F

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A550F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A550F	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5201

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5515

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a550f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 85, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.087 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8454',
    500: '#5a550f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a550f;
$custom-light: #8c8454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a550f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44092,
    "c": 0.08651,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A550F

secondary

#313894

accent

#46EE3A

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A550F

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

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