#5A5D16#5A5D16

#5A5D16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.091 H 111.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A5D16
RGB	rgb(90, 93, 22)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 76.3%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.95, -10.93, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.95, 39.56, 106.05°)
OKLab	oklab(46.13% -0.0339 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(46.13% 0.091 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2759, 10.0605, 2.2648)
Luminance	0.1006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A5D16 #19165D

analogous

#5D3C16 #5A5D16 #375D16

triadic

#5A5D16 #165A5D #5D165A

tetradic

#5A5D16 #165D3C #19165D #5D1637

square

#5A5D16 #165D3C #19165D #5D1637

split-complementary

#5A5D16 #16375D #3C165D

monochromatic

#181906 #2A2C0A #5A5D16 #8A8E22 #BAC02D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#5A5D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#5A5D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A5D16

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A5D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A5D16	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655809

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61574F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a5d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 93, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.091 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8a59',
    500: '#5a5d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a5d16;
$custom-light: #8b8a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a5d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.535,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46134,
    "c": 0.09086,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A5D16

secondary

#3E3B94

accent

#43E54A

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A5D16

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

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