#554E1B#554E1B

#554E1B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.071 H 101.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E1B
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 27)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 68.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.83, -4.25, 30.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.83, 30.64, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% -0.0141 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.071 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6688, 7.4595, 2.1252)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E1B #1B2255

analogous

#55311B #554E1B #3F551B

triadic

#554E1B #1B554E #4E1B55

tetradic

#554E1B #1B5531 #1B2255 #551B3F

square

#554E1B #1B5531 #1B2255 #551B3F

split-complementary

#554E1B #1B3F55 #311B55

monochromatic

#171507 #27230C #554E1B #83792A #B2A339

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#554E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#554E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E1B

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E1B	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)

#554C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.071 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877f5a',
    500: '#554e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e1b;
$custom-light: #877f5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4195,
    "c": 0.07063,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E1B

secondary

#414A8B

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E1B

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

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