#55491F#55491F

#55491F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.062 H 93.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55491F
RGB	rgb(85, 73, 31)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 63.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, -0.87, 26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 26.57, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(40.78% -0.0038 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(40.78% 0.062 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3764, 6.7956, 2.2719)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55491F #1F2B55

analogous

#552E1F #55491F #46551F

triadic

#55491F #1F5549 #491F55

tetradic

#55491F #1F552E #1F2B55 #551F46

square

#55491F #1F552E #1F2B55 #551F46

split-complementary

#55491F #1F4655 #2E1F55

monochromatic

#161308 #28220F #55491F #82702F #AF9640

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#55491F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#55491F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55491F

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55491F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55491F	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50481B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4340

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55491f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 73, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.062 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877b5c',
    500: '#55491f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55491f;
$custom-light: #877b5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55491f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40781,
    "c": 0.06186,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55491F

secondary

#46558A

accent

#6FD652

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0B0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #55491F

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

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