#554D11#554D11

#554D11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.078 H 101.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D11
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 17)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.44, -4.29, 34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.44, 34.86, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(41.61% -0.0154 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(41.61% 0.078 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5017, 7.2798, 1.5929)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D11 #111955

analogous

#552B11 #554D11 #3B5511

triadic

#554D11 #11554D #4D1155

tetradic

#554D11 #11552B #111955 #55113B

square

#554D11 #11552B #111955 #55113B

split-complementary

#554D11 #113B55 #2B1155

monochromatic

#1A1705 #221F07 #554D11 #887B1B #BBA925

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#554D11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#554D11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D11

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D11	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554A07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.078 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887e54',
    500: '#554d11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d11;
$custom-light: #887e54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41609,
    "c": 0.0778,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D11

secondary

#343E8E

accent

#52EA3E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE8

border

#CBC9C4

text

#0C0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D11

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

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