#554E1C#554E1C

#554E1C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.070 H 101.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E1C
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 28)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 67.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.84, -4.18, 29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.84, 30.13, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(41.96% -0.0137 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(41.96% 0.07 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6806, 7.4642, 2.1872)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E1C #1C2355

analogous

#55321C #554E1C #3F551C

triadic

#554E1C #1C554E #4E1C55

tetradic

#554E1C #1C5532 #1C2355 #551C3F

square

#554E1C #1C5532 #1C2355 #551C3F

split-complementary

#554E1C #1C3F55 #321C55

monochromatic

#171508 #27240D #554E1C #83782B #B1A23A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#554E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#554E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E1C

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E1C	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574F1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.070 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877f5b',
    500: '#554e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e1c;
$custom-light: #877f5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41961,
    "c": 0.06968,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E1C

secondary

#424B8B

accent

#5FDA4E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E1C

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

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