#5A5515#5A5515

#5A5515 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.083 H 104.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A5515
RGB	rgb(90, 85, 21)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 76.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.45, -6.35, 36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.45, 36.55, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(44.14% -0.0211 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(44.14% 0.083 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6006, 8.7251, 1.9931)
Luminance	0.0872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A5515 #151A5A

analogous

#5A3315 #5A5515 #3D5A15

triadic

#5A5515 #155A55 #55155A

tetradic

#5A5515 #155A33 #151A5A #5A153D

square

#5A5515 #155A33 #151A5A #5A153D

split-complementary

#5A5515 #153D5A #33155A

monochromatic

#191706 #282609 #5A5515 #8C8421 #BDB32C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.65

#5A5515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#5A5515 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A5515

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A5515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A5515	1.00	7.65	2.74	7.65
#FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D520A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a5515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 85, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.083 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8457',
    500: '#5a5515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a5515;
$custom-light: #8b8457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a5515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44135,
    "c": 0.0826,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A5515

secondary

#394092

accent

#4EE543

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A5515

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

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