#55490E#55490E

#55490E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.076 H 97.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55490E
RGB	rgb(85, 73, 14)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(50, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.18, -2.00, 34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.18, 34.69, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(40.61% -0.0093 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(40.61% 0.076 97)
XYZ	xyz(6.2084, 6.7284, 1.3871)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55490E #0E1A55

analogous

#55260E #55490E #3E550E

triadic

#55490E #0E5549 #490E55

tetradic

#55490E #0E5526 #0E1A55 #550E3E

square

#55490E #0E5526 #0E1A55 #550E3E

split-complementary

#55490E #0E3E55 #260E55

monochromatic

#1A1704 #201C05 #55490E #8A7617 #BEA31F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#55490E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#55490E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55490E

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55490E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55490E	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514703

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C433E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55490e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 73, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.076 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887b52',
    500: '#55490e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55490e;
$custom-light: #887b52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55490e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40607,
    "c": 0.07623,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.06728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55490E

secondary

#30408F

accent

#58EE39

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0C0902

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55490E

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

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