#554D1E#554D1E

#554D1E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.067 H 99.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D1E
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 30)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 64.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.55, -3.41, 28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.55, 28.68, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(41.74% -0.0113 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(41.74% 0.067 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6348, 7.3331, 2.2940)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D1E #1E2655

analogous

#55321E #554D1E #41551E

triadic

#554D1E #1E554D #4D1E55

tetradic

#554D1E #1E5532 #1E2655 #551E41

square

#554D1E #1E5532 #1E2655 #551E41

split-complementary

#554D1E #1E4155 #321E55

monochromatic

#171408 #28240E #554D1E #82762E #AF9F3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#554D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#554D1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D1E

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D1E	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.067 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877e5c',
    500: '#554d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d1e;
$custom-light: #877e5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4174,
    "c": 0.06667,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D1E

secondary

#454F8A

accent

#64D750

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D1E

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

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