#554E1A#554E1A

#554E1A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.072 H 101.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E1A
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 26)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 69.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.82, -4.33, 30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.82, 31.14, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(41.94% -0.0144 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(41.94% 0.072 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6574, 7.4549, 2.0653)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E1A #1A2155

analogous

#55311A #554E1A #3F551A

triadic

#554E1A #1A554E #4E1A55

tetradic

#554E1A #1A5531 #1A2155 #551A3F

square

#554E1A #1A5531 #1A2155 #551A3F

split-complementary

#554E1A #1A3F55 #311A55

monochromatic

#171607 #26230C #554E1A #847928 #B3A437

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#554E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#554E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E1A

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E1A	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#584E1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.072 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877f59',
    500: '#554e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e1a;
$custom-light: #877f59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41939,
    "c": 0.07155,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E1A

secondary

#40498B

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E1A

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

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