#5A590F#5A590F

#5A590F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.091 H 108.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A590F
RGB	rgb(90, 89, 15)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 83.3%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.66, -8.98, 39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.66, 40.45, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(45.08% -0.0291 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(45.08% 0.091 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8754, 9.3532, 1.8423)
Luminance	0.0935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A590F #0F105A

analogous

#5A330F #5A590F #355A0F

triadic

#5A590F #0F5A59 #590F5A

tetradic

#5A590F #0F5A33 #0F105A #5A0F35

square

#5A590F #0F5A33 #0F105A #5A0F35

split-complementary

#5A590F #0F355A #330F5A

monochromatic

#1A1A04 #262506 #5A590F #8E8D18 #C3C120

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#5A590F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#5A590F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A590F

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A590F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A590F	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625715

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61534B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a590f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 89, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.091 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8755',
    500: '#5a590f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a590f;
$custom-light: #8c8755;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a590f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.2,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45085,
    "c": 0.0907,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A590F

secondary

#313394

accent

#3CEE3A

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A590F

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

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