#554D18#554D18

#554D18 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.072 H 100.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D18
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 24)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 71.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.49, -3.87, 31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.49, 31.71, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(41.67% -0.0134 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(41.67% 0.072 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5653, 7.3053, 1.9282)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D18 #182055

analogous

#552F18 #554D18 #3F5518

triadic

#554D18 #18554D #4D1855

tetradic

#554D18 #18552F #182055 #55183F

square

#554D18 #18552F #182055 #55183F

split-complementary

#554D18 #183F55 #2F1855

monochromatic

#181607 #25220B #554D18 #857825 #B4A333

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#554D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#554D18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D18

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D18	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554B11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.072 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877e58',
    500: '#554d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d18;
$custom-light: #877e58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41672,
    "c": 0.07233,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D18

secondary

#3D478C

accent

#5CDF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D18

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

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