#5A561D#5A561D

#5A561D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.077 H 105.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A561D
RGB	rgb(90, 86, 29)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 67.8%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.83, -6.42, 32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.83, 33.33, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(44.46% -0.0203 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(44.46% 0.077 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7663, 8.9182, 2.4745)
Luminance	0.0892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A561D #1D215A

analogous

#5A371D #5A561D #3F5A1D

triadic

#5A561D #1D5A56 #561D5A

tetradic

#5A561D #1D5A37 #1D215A #5A1D3F

square

#5A561D #1D5A37 #1D215A #5A1D3F

split-complementary

#5A561D #1D3F5A #371D5A

monochromatic

#171607 #2C2A0E #5A561D #88822C #B7AE3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#5A561D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#5A561D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A561D

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A561D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A561D	1.00	7.54	2.78	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5520

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61504A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a561d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 86, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.077 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b855c',
    500: '#5a561d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a561d;
$custom-light: #8b855c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a561d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44457,
    "c": 0.07713,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A561D

secondary

#44498F

accent

#56DB4D

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A561D

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

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