#53551B#53551B

#53551B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.079 H 111.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53551B
RGB	rgb(83, 85, 27)
HSL	hsl(62, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 68.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.83, -9.39, 32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.83, 33.76, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(43.5% -0.0285 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(43.5% 0.079 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0138, 8.4153, 2.2915)
Luminance	0.0842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53551B #1D1B55

analogous

#553A1B #53551B #36551B

triadic

#53551B #1B5355 #551B53

tetradic

#53551B #1B553A #1D1B55 #551B36

square

#53551B #1B553A #1D1B55 #551B36

split-complementary

#53551B #1B3655 #3A1B55

monochromatic

#171707 #26270C #53551B #80832A #AEB239

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#53551B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#53551B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53551B

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53551B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53551B	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C531F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#595049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53551b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 85, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.079 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85845b',
    500: '#53551b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53551b;
$custom-light: #85845b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53551b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43498,
    "c": 0.079,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53551B

secondary

#44418B

accent

#4DDB51

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #53551B

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

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