#554D23#554D23

#554D23 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.061 H 98.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D23
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 58.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.61, -2.96, 25.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.61, 25.97, 96.54°)
OKLab	oklab(41.81% -0.0093 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(41.81% 0.061 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7038, 7.3607, 2.6574)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D23 #232B55

analogous

#553423 #554D23 #445523

triadic

#554D23 #23554D #4D2355

tetradic

#554D23 #235534 #232B55 #552344

square

#554D23 #235534 #232B55 #552344

split-complementary

#554D23 #234455 #342355

monochromatic

#161409 #2A2611 #554D23 #807435 #AC9C47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#554D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#554D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D23

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D23	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)

#544B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564E25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.061 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#867e5f',
    500: '#554d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d23;
$custom-light: #867e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41808,
    "c": 0.06134,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D23

secondary

#4B5589

accent

#6AD156

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D23

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

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