#55481F#55481F

#55481F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.061 H 91.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55481F
RGB	rgb(85, 72, 31)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 63.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.03, -0.25, 26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.03, 26.21, 90.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.54% -0.002 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(40.54% 0.061 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3113, 6.6653, 2.2502)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55481F #1F2C55

analogous

#552D1F #55481F #47551F

triadic

#55481F #1F5548 #481F55

tetradic

#55481F #1F552D #1F2C55 #551F47

square

#55481F #1F552D #1F2C55 #551F47

split-complementary

#55481F #1F4755 #2D1F55

monochromatic

#161308 #28220F #55481F #826E2F #AF9440

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#55481F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#55481F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55481F

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55481F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55481F	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50471B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534B21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C423F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55481f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 72, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.061 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877a5c',
    500: '#55481f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55481f;
$custom-light: #877a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55481f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.556,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40541,
    "c": 0.06102,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55481F

secondary

#46568A

accent

#72D652

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0B0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #55481F

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

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