#554D12#554D12

#554D12 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.077 H 101.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D12
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 18)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.44, -4.23, 34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.44, 34.44, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(41.62% -0.0152 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(41.62% 0.077 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5097, 7.2830, 1.6350)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D12 #121A55

analogous

#552B12 #554D12 #3B5512

triadic

#554D12 #12554D #4D1255

tetradic

#554D12 #12552B #121A55 #55123B

square

#554D12 #12552B #121A55 #55123B

split-complementary

#554D12 #123B55 #2B1255

monochromatic

#191705 #221F07 #554D12 #887B1D #BAA927

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#554D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#554D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D12

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D12	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)

#554A08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.077 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887e55',
    500: '#554d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d12;
$custom-light: #887e55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41617,
    "c": 0.0771,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D12

secondary

#35408E

accent

#54E840

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D12

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

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