#554E15#554E15

#554E15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.076 H 102.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E15
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 21)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 75.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.78, -4.66, 33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.78, 33.51, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(41.89% -0.016 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(41.89% 0.076 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6063, 7.4345, 1.7963)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E15 #151C55

analogous

#552E15 #554E15 #3C5515

triadic

#554E15 #15554E #4E1555

tetradic

#554E15 #15552E #151C55 #55153C

square

#554E15 #15552E #151C55 #55153C

split-complementary

#554E15 #153C55 #2E1555

monochromatic

#191706 #242109 #554E15 #867B21 #B7A82D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#554E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#554E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E15

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E15	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)

#564B0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#584E19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.076 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877f56',
    500: '#554e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e15;
$custom-light: #877f56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41889,
    "c": 0.07581,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E15

secondary

#39428D

accent

#56E444

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E15

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

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