#554D2E#554D2E

#554D2E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.048 H 95.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D2E
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 30%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(48, 46%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 45.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.78, -1.75, 19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.78, 19.66, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% -0.0045 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.048 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8935, 7.4365, 3.6565)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D2E #2E3655

analogous

#55392E #554D2E #49552E

triadic

#554D2E #2E554D #4D2E55

tetradic

#554D2E #2E5539 #2E3655 #552E49

square

#554D2E #2E5539 #2E3655 #552E49

split-complementary

#554D2E #2E4955 #392E55

monochromatic

#14120B #2D2919 #554D2E #7D7143 #A49559

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#554D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#554D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D2E

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D2E	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.048 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#867e67',
    500: '#554d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d2e;
$custom-light: #867e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 29.771,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41994,
    "c": 0.04796,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D2E

secondary

#586287

accent

#76C662

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEB

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0B0A06

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D2E

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

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