#5A5510#5A5510

#5A5510 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.086 H 105.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A5510
RGB	rgb(90, 85, 16)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(56, 82%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 82.2%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.42, -6.61, 37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.42, 38.53, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(44.1% -0.0224 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(44.1% 0.086 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5588, 8.7084, 1.7728)
Luminance	0.0871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A5510 #10155A

analogous

#5A3010 #5A5510 #3A5A10

triadic

#5A5510 #105A55 #55105A

tetradic

#5A5510 #105A30 #10155A #5A103A

square

#5A5510 #105A30 #10155A #5A103A

split-complementary

#5A5510 #103A5A #30105A

monochromatic

#1A1905 #262407 #5A5510 #8E8619 #C2B722

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#5A5510 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#5A5510 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A5510

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A5510	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A5510	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)

#5D5202

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5515

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a5510;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 85, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.086 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8455',
    500: '#5a5510',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a5510;
$custom-light: #8c8455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a5510",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.946,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44099,
    "c": 0.08592,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A5510

secondary

#333993

accent

#47ED3B

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A5510

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

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