#5A591D#5A591D

#5A591D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.081 H 108.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A591D
RGB	rgb(90, 89, 29)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 67.8%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.76, -8.18, 33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.76, 34.67, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(45.2% -0.0253 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(45.2% 0.081 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0109, 9.4074, 2.5560)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A591D #1D1E5A

analogous

#5A3A1D #5A591D #3C5A1D

triadic

#5A591D #1D5A59 #591D5A

tetradic

#5A591D #1D5A3A #1D1E5A #5A1D3C

square

#5A591D #1D5A3A #1D1E5A #5A1D3C

split-complementary

#5A591D #1D3C5A #3A1D5A

monochromatic

#171707 #2C2B0E #5A591D #88872C #B7B53B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#5A591D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5A591D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A591D

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A591D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A591D	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61534D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a591d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 89, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.081 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b875c',
    500: '#5a591d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a591d;
$custom-light: #8b875c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a591d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45198,
    "c": 0.08057,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A591D

secondary

#44458F

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A591D

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

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