#554C17#554C17

#554C17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.072 H 99.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554C17
RGB	rgb(85, 76, 23)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 72.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.17, -3.33, 31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.17, 31.80, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(41.42% -0.012 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(41.42% 0.072 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4857, 7.1623, 1.8513)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554C17 #172055

analogous

#552D17 #554C17 #3F5517

triadic

#554C17 #17554C #4C1755

tetradic

#554C17 #17552D #172055 #55173F

square

#554C17 #17552D #172055 #55173F

split-complementary

#554C17 #173F55 #2D1755

monochromatic

#181607 #25210A #554C17 #857724 #B5A231

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#554C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#554C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554C17

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554C17	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 76, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.072 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877d57',
    500: '#554c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554c17;
$custom-light: #877d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41416,
    "c": 0.07222,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554C17

secondary

#3C478C

accent

#5DE147

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #554C17

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

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