#554D1D#554D1D

#554D1D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.068 H 99.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D1D
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 29)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 65.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.54, -3.49, 28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.54, 29.20, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(41.73% -0.0116 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(41.73% 0.068 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6222, 7.3280, 2.2278)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D1D #1D2555

analogous

#55311D #554D1D #41551D

triadic

#554D1D #1D554D #4D1D55

tetradic

#554D1D #1D5531 #1D2555 #551D41

square

#554D1D #1D5531 #1D2555 #551D41

split-complementary

#554D1D #1D4155 #311D55

monochromatic

#171508 #27240D #554D1D #83762D #B0A03C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#554D1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#554D1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D1D

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D1D	1.00	8.52	2.47	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.068 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877e5b',
    500: '#554d1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d1d;
$custom-light: #877e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41728,
    "c": 0.06767,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D1D

secondary

#444E8A

accent

#63D94F

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D1D

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

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