#5A5E12#5A5E12

#5A5E12 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.095 H 112.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A5E12
RGB	rgb(90, 94, 18)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(63, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 80.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.24, -11.71, 39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.24, 41.51, 106.38°)
OKLab	oklab(46.36% -0.0364 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(46.36% 0.095 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3286, 10.2229, 2.1066)
Luminance	0.1022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A5E12 #16125E

analogous

#5E3C12 #5A5E12 #345E12

triadic

#5A5E12 #125A5E #5E125A

tetradic

#5A5E12 #125E3C #16125E #5E1234

square

#5A5E12 #125E3C #16125E #5E1234

split-complementary

#5A5E12 #12345E #3C125E

monochromatic

#191A05 #292B08 #5A5E12 #8B911C #BCC526

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#5A5E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#5A5E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A5E12

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A5E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A5E12	1.00	6.90	3.04	6.90
#FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665902

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#615850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a5e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 94, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.095 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8b57',
    500: '#5a5e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a5e12;
$custom-light: #8b8b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a5e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46357,
    "c": 0.09463,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A5E12

secondary

#3B3596

accent

#3DEB46

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0C03

muted

#7D7D78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A5E12

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

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