#554E1D#554E1D

#554E1D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.069 H 101.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E1D
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 29)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 65.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.85, -4.10, 29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.85, 29.62, 97.95°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% -0.0134 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.069 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6927, 7.4690, 2.2513)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E1D #1D2455

analogous

#55321D #554E1D #40551D

triadic

#554E1D #1D554E #4E1D55

tetradic

#554E1D #1D5532 #1D2455 #551D40

square

#554E1D #1D5532 #1D2455 #551D40

split-complementary

#554E1D #1D4055 #321D55

monochromatic

#171508 #27240D #554E1D #83782D #B0A23C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#554E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#554E1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E1D

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E1D	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)

#554C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.069 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877f5b',
    500: '#554e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e1d;
$custom-light: #877f5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41973,
    "c": 0.0687,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E1D

secondary

#444C8A

accent

#60D94F

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E1D

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

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