#5A5511#5A5511

#5A5511 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.085 H 105.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A5511
RGB	rgb(90, 85, 17)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(56, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 81.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.42, -6.56, 37.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.42, 38.16, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(44.11% -0.0221 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(44.11% 0.085 105)
XYZ	xyz(7.5665, 8.7114, 1.8131)
Luminance	0.0871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A5511 #11165A

analogous

#5A3011 #5A5511 #3A5A11

triadic

#5A5511 #115A55 #55115A

tetradic

#5A5511 #115A30 #11165A #5A113A

square

#5A5511 #115A30 #11165A #5A113A

split-complementary

#5A5511 #113A5A #30115A

monochromatic

#1A1805 #272407 #5A5511 #8D861B #C1B624

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#5A5511 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#5A5511 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A5511

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A5511	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A5511	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)

#5D5204

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5516

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a5511;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 85, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.085 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8455',
    500: '#5a5511',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a5511;
$custom-light: #8b8455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a5511",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.89,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44105,
    "c": 0.08531,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.08711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A5511

secondary

#343A93

accent

#49EB3D

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A5511

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

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