#554E17#554E17

#554E17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.074 H 102.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E17
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 23)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 72.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.79, -4.54, 32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.79, 32.59, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(41.91% -0.0154 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(41.91% 0.074 102)
XYZ	xyz(6.6256, 7.4422, 1.8979)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E17 #171E55

analogous

#552F17 #554E17 #3D5517

triadic

#554E17 #17554E #4E1755

tetradic

#554E17 #17552F #171E55 #55173D

square

#554E17 #17552F #171E55 #55173D

split-complementary

#554E17 #173D55 #2F1755

monochromatic

#181607 #25220A #554E17 #857A24 #B5A631

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#554E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#554E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E17

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E17	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)

#564B10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#584E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.074 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877f57',
    500: '#554e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e17;
$custom-light: #877f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.226,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41908,
    "c": 0.07419,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.07442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E17

secondary

#3C458C

accent

#58E147

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E17

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

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