#554D16#554D16

#554D16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.074 H 100.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D16
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 22)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 74.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.47, -4.00, 32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.47, 32.66, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(41.65% -0.014 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(41.65% 0.074 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5453, 7.2973, 1.8226)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D16 #161E55

analogous

#552D16 #554D16 #3D5516

triadic

#554D16 #16554D #4D1655

tetradic

#554D16 #16552D #161E55 #55163D

square

#554D16 #16552D #161E55 #55163D

split-complementary

#554D16 #163D55 #2D1655

monochromatic

#181606 #242109 #554D16 #867923 #B6A52F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#554D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#554D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D16

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D16	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554B0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.074 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877e57',
    500: '#554d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d16;
$custom-light: #877e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41652,
    "c": 0.07402,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D16

secondary

#3A458C

accent

#5AE246

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D16

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

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