#5A5512#5A5512

#5A5512 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	#5A5512
RGB	rgb(90, 85, 18)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 80%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.43, -6.51, 37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.43, 37.77, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(44.11% -0.0219 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(44.11% 0.085 105)
XYZ	xyz(7.5745, 8.7146, 1.8553)
Luminance	0.0871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A5512 #12175A

analogous

#5A3112 #5A5512 #3B5A12

triadic

#5A5512 #125A55 #55125A

tetradic

#5A5512 #125A31 #12175A #5A123B

square

#5A5512 #125A31 #12175A #5A123B

split-complementary

#5A5512 #123B5A #31125A

monochromatic

#1A1805 #272508 #5A5512 #8D851C #C0B526

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#5A5512 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#5A5512 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A5512

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A5512	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A5512	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)

#5D5205

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5517

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a5512;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 85, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.085 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8456',
    500: '#5a5512',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a5512;
$custom-light: #8b8456;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a5512",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.833,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44112,
    "c": 0.08466,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.08714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A5512

secondary

#353C93

accent

#4AEA3E

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A5512

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

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