#554D2A#554D2A

#554D2A is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.053 H 96.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D2A
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 34%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 50.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.72, -2.22, 21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.72, 22.00, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(41.92% -0.0063 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(41.92% 0.053 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8183, 7.4065, 3.2605)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D2A #2A3255

analogous

#55382A #554D2A #48552A

triadic

#554D2A #2A554D #4D2A55

tetradic

#554D2A #2A5538 #2A3255 #552A48

square

#554D2A #2A5538 #2A3255 #552A48

split-complementary

#554D2A #2A4855 #382A55

monochromatic

#14130A #2C2816 #554D2A #7E723E #A79752

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#554D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#554D2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D2A

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D2A	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.053 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#867e64',
    500: '#554d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d2a;
$custom-light: #867e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4192,
    "c": 0.05306,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D2A

secondary

#535D87

accent

#72CA5E

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEB

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0B0A05

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D2A

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

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