#5A5E16#5A5E16

#5A5E16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.092 H 112.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A5E16
RGB	rgb(90, 94, 22)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 76.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.26, -11.50, 38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.26, 40.01, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(46.39% -0.0354 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(46.39% 0.092 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3642, 10.2372, 2.2943)
Luminance	0.1024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A5E16 #1A165E

analogous

#5E3E16 #5A5E16 #365E16

triadic

#5A5E16 #165A5E #5E165A

tetradic

#5A5E16 #165E3E #1A165E #5E1636

square

#5A5E16 #165E3E #1A165E #5E1636

split-complementary

#5A5E16 #16365E #3E165E

monochromatic

#181906 #2B2C0A #5A5E16 #899022 #B9C12D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#5A5E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#5A5E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A5E16

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A5E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A5E16	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#615850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a5e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 94, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.092 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8b59',
    500: '#5a5e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a5e16;
$custom-light: #8b8b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a5e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46385,
    "c": 0.09206,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A5E16

secondary

#403B95

accent

#43E54C

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0C04

muted

#7D7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A5E16

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

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