#554B22#554B22

#554B22 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.060 H 95.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554B22
RGB	rgb(85, 75, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 60%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.99, -1.83, 25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.99, 25.70, 94.09°)
OKLab	oklab(41.31% -0.0062 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(41.31% 0.06 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5514, 7.0792, 2.5344)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554B22 #222C55

analogous

#553122 #554B22 #455522

triadic

#554B22 #22554B #4B2255

tetradic

#554B22 #225531 #222C55 #552245

square

#554B22 #225531 #222C55 #552245

split-complementary

#554B22 #224555 #312255

monochromatic

#161309 #292411 #554B22 #817233 #AC9845

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#554B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#554B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554B22

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554B22	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52491E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 75, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.060 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#867d5e',
    500: '#554b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554b22;
$custom-light: #867d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41307,
    "c": 0.06045,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554B22

secondary

#4A5689

accent

#6ED355

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #554B22

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

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