#5A551A#5A551A

#5A551A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.079 H 104.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A551A
RGB	rgb(90, 85, 26)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 71.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.49, -6.04, 33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.49, 34.33, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(44.18% -0.0196 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(44.18% 0.079 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6517, 8.7455, 2.2621)
Luminance	0.0874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A551A #1A1F5A

analogous

#5A351A #5A551A #3F5A1A

triadic

#5A551A #1A5A55 #551A5A

tetradic

#5A551A #1A5A35 #1A1F5A #5A1A3F

square

#5A551A #1A5A35 #1A1F5A #5A1A3F

split-complementary

#5A551A #1A3F5A #351A5A

monochromatic

#181607 #2B280C #5A551A #898228 #B9AF35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#5A551A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#5A551A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A551A

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A551A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A551A	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a551a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 85, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.079 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b845a',
    500: '#5a551a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a551a;
$custom-light: #8b845a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a551a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.313,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4418,
    "c": 0.07867,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A551A

secondary

#404690

accent

#55DF49

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A551A

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

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