#554D35#554D35

#554D35 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.039 H 91.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D35
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 23%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(45, 38%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 37.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.91, -0.81, 15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.91, 15.49, 93.01°)
OKLab	oklab(42.14% -0.0012 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(42.14% 0.039 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0429, 7.4963, 4.4434)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D35 #353D55

analogous

#553D35 #554D35 #4D5535

triadic

#554D35 #35554D #4D3555

tetradic

#554D35 #35553D #353D55 #55354D

square

#554D35 #35553D #353D55 #55354D

split-complementary

#554D35 #354D55 #3D3555

monochromatic

#13110C #2F2B1D #554D35 #7B6F4D #9F9165

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#554D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#554D35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D35

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D35	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A4947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.039 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857e6c',
    500: '#554d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d35;
$custom-light: #857e6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 23.188,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42139,
    "c": 0.03858,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D35

secondary

#606A86

accent

#7EC068

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEB

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0B0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D35

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

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