#554E1E#554E1E

#554E1E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.068 H 101.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E1E
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 30)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 64.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.86, -4.02, 28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.86, 29.10, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% -0.013 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.068 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7053, 7.4741, 2.3175)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E1E #1E2555

analogous

#55331E #554E1E #40551E

triadic

#554E1E #1E554E #4E1E55

tetradic

#554E1E #1E5533 #1E2555 #551E40

square

#554E1E #1E5533 #1E2555 #551E40

split-complementary

#554E1E #1E4055 #331E55

monochromatic

#171508 #28240E #554E1E #82782E #AFA13E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#554E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#554E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E1E

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E1E	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)

#554C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4844

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.068 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877f5c',
    500: '#554e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e1e;
$custom-light: #877f5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41985,
    "c": 0.06771,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E1E

secondary

#454E8A

accent

#62D750

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E1E

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

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