#55440E#55440E

#55440E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.073 H 90.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55440E
RGB	rgb(85, 68, 14)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(46, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.66, 1.10, 33.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.66, 33.24, 88.11°)
OKLab	oklab(39.4% -0.0005 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(39.4% 0.073 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8930, 6.0976, 1.2819)
Luminance	0.0610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55440E #0E1F55

analogous

#55210E #55440E #43550E

triadic

#55440E #0E5544 #440E55

tetradic

#55440E #0E5521 #0E1F55 #550E43

square

#55440E #0E5521 #0E1F55 #550E43

split-complementary

#55440E #0E4355 #210E55

monochromatic

#1A1504 #201A05 #55440E #8A6E17 #BE981F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#55440E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#55440E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55440E

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55440E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55440E	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4305

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514811

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55440e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 68, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.073 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887751',
    500: '#55440e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55440e;
$custom-light: #887751;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55440e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39404,
    "c": 0.07264,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55440E

secondary

#30468F

accent

#65EE39

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0C0802

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55440E

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

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