#554A1E#554A1E

#554A1E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.064 H 95.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554A1E
RGB	rgb(85, 74, 30)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 64.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.63, -1.58, 27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.63, 27.48, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(41.01% -0.006 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(41.01% 0.064 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4297, 6.9229, 2.2256)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554A1E #1E2955

analogous

#552E1E #554A1E #44551E

triadic

#554A1E #1E554A #4A1E55

tetradic

#554A1E #1E552E #1E2955 #551E44

square

#554A1E #1E552E #1E2955 #551E44

split-complementary

#554A1E #1E4455 #2E1E55

monochromatic

#171408 #28230E #554A1E #82712E #AF993E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#554A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#554A1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554A1E

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554A1E	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 74, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.064 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877c5c',
    500: '#554a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554a1e;
$custom-light: #877c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41009,
    "c": 0.06377,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554A1E

secondary

#45538A

accent

#6BD750

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #554A1E

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

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