#554B17#554B17

#554B17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.071 H 98.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554B17
RGB	rgb(85, 75, 23)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 72.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.87, -2.72, 31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.87, 31.43, 94.96°)
OKLab	oklab(41.17% -0.0102 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(41.17% 0.071 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4173, 7.0256, 1.8285)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554B17 #172155

analogous

#552C17 #554B17 #405517

triadic

#554B17 #17554B #4B1755

tetradic

#554B17 #17552C #172155 #551740

square

#554B17 #17552C #172155 #551740

split-complementary

#554B17 #174055 #2C1755

monochromatic

#181507 #25200A #554B17 #857524 #B5A031

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#554B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#554B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554B17

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554B17	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534910

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564C1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 75, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.071 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877d57',
    500: '#554b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554b17;
$custom-light: #877d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41172,
    "c": 0.07128,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554B17

secondary

#3C498C

accent

#60E147

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #554B17

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

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