#554D17#554D17

#554D17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.073 H 100.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D17
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 23)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 72.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.48, -3.93, 31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.48, 32.19, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(41.66% -0.0137 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(41.66% 0.073 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5551, 7.3012, 1.8744)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D17 #171F55

analogous

#552E17 #554D17 #3E5517

triadic

#554D17 #17554D #4D1755

tetradic

#554D17 #17552E #171F55 #55173E

square

#554D17 #17552E #171F55 #55173E

split-complementary

#554D17 #173E55 #2E1755

monochromatic

#181607 #25210A #554D17 #857924 #B5A431

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#554D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#554D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D17

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D17	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)

#554B10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.073 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877e57',
    500: '#554d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d17;
$custom-light: #877e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41662,
    "c": 0.07318,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D17

secondary

#3C468C

accent

#5BE147

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D17

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

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