#5A551C#5A551C

#5A551C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.077 H 104.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A551C
RGB	rgb(90, 85, 28)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 68.9%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.51, -5.90, 32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.51, 33.38, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(44.2% -0.019 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(44.2% 0.077 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6748, 8.7548, 2.3840)
Luminance	0.0875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5A551C #1C215A

analogous

#5A361C #5A551C #405A1C

triadic

#5A551C #1C5A55 #551C5A

tetradic

#5A551C #1C5A36 #1C215A #5A1C40

square

#5A551C #1C5A36 #1C215A #5A1C40

split-complementary

#5A551C #1C405A #361C5A

monochromatic

#171607 #2B290D #5A551C #89812B #B7AD39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#5A551C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#5A551C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A551C

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A551C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A551C	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E551F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a551c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 85, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.077 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b845b',
    500: '#5a551c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a551c;
$custom-light: #8b845b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a551c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.442,
    "c": 0.07693,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A551C

secondary

#42498F

accent

#57DC4C

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A551C

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

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