#554D22#554D22

#554D22 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.062 H 98.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D22
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 60%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.60, -3.05, 26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.60, 26.52, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(41.79% -0.0097 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(41.79% 0.062 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6892, 7.3548, 2.5803)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D22 #222A55

analogous

#553322 #554D22 #435522

triadic

#554D22 #22554D #4D2255

tetradic

#554D22 #225533 #222A55 #552243

square

#554D22 #225533 #222A55 #552243

split-complementary

#554D22 #224355 #332255

monochromatic

#161409 #292511 #554D22 #817533 #AC9C45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#554D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#554D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D22

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D22	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.062 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#867e5e',
    500: '#554d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d22;
$custom-light: #867e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41794,
    "c": 0.06245,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D22

secondary

#4A5489

accent

#69D355

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D22

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

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