#554A16#554A16

#554A16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.071 H 97.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554A16
RGB	rgb(85, 74, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 74.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.55, -2.17, 31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.55, 31.54, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(40.92% -0.0088 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(40.92% 0.071 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3402, 6.8871, 1.7543)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554A16 #162155

analogous

#552A16 #554A16 #405516

triadic

#554A16 #16554A #4A1655

tetradic

#554A16 #16552A #162155 #551640

square

#554A16 #16552A #162155 #551640

split-complementary

#554A16 #164055 #2A1655

monochromatic

#181506 #242009 #554A16 #867423 #B69F2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#554A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#554A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554A16

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554A16	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52480F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C443F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 74, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.071 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877c56',
    500: '#554a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554a16;
$custom-light: #877c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40918,
    "c": 0.07123,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554A16

secondary

#3A498C

accent

#61E246

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #554A16

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

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