#5A5611#5A5611

#5A5611 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.086 H 106.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A5611
RGB	rgb(90, 86, 17)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(57, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 81.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.73, -7.15, 37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.73, 38.54, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(44.35% -0.0238 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(44.35% 0.086 106)
XYZ	xyz(7.6457, 8.8700, 1.8395)
Luminance	0.0887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A5611 #11155A

analogous

#5A3111 #5A5611 #395A11

triadic

#5A5611 #115A56 #56115A

tetradic

#5A5611 #115A31 #11155A #5A1139

square

#5A5611 #115A31 #11155A #5A1139

split-complementary

#5A5611 #11395A #31115A

monochromatic

#1A1905 #272507 #5A5611 #8D871B #C1B824

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#5A5611 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#5A5611 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A5611

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A5611	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A5611	1.00	7.57	2.77	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5203

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605516

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#615049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a5611;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 86, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.086 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8555',
    500: '#5a5611',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a5611;
$custom-light: #8b8555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a5611",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.712,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44352,
    "c": 0.08634,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.0887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A5611

secondary

#343993

accent

#46EB3D

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A5611

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

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