#5A591A#5A591A

#5A591A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.083 H 108.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A591A
RGB	rgb(90, 89, 26)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 71.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.73, -8.39, 35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.73, 36.06, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(45.17% -0.0263 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(45.17% 0.083 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9756, 9.3932, 2.3700)
Luminance	0.0939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A591A #1A1B5A

analogous

#5A391A #5A591A #3B5A1A

triadic

#5A591A #1A5A59 #591A5A

tetradic

#5A591A #1A5A39 #1A1B5A #5A1A3B

square

#5A591A #1A5A39 #1A1B5A #5A1A3B

split-complementary

#5A591A #1A3B5A #391A5A

monochromatic

#181707 #2B2A0C #5A591A #898828 #B9B735

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#5A591A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5A591A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A591A

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A591A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A591A	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62571E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61534C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a591a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 89, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.083 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b875b',
    500: '#5a591a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a591a;
$custom-light: #8b875b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a591a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45169,
    "c": 0.08313,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A591A

secondary

#404190

accent

#4CDF49

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A591A

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

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