#5A5811#5A5811

#5A5811 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.088 H 107.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A5811
RGB	rgb(90, 88, 17)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 81.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.35, -8.31, 38.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.35, 39.34, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(44.85% -0.0271 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(44.85% 0.088 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8077, 9.1938, 1.8935)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A5811 #11135A

analogous

#5A3311 #5A5811 #375A11

triadic

#5A5811 #115A58 #58115A

tetradic

#5A5811 #115A33 #11135A #5A1137

square

#5A5811 #115A33 #11135A #5A1137

split-complementary

#5A5811 #11375A #33115A

monochromatic

#1A1905 #272607 #5A5811 #8D8A1B #C1BD24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#5A5811 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#5A5811 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A5811

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A5811	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A5811	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605403

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615717

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61524B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a5811;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 88, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.088 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8656',
    500: '#5a5811',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a5811;
$custom-light: #8b8656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a5811",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.356,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44848,
    "c": 0.08846,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A5811

secondary

#343793

accent

#41EB3D

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A5811

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

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