#554E1F#554E1F

#554E1F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.067 H 100.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E1F
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 31)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 63.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.87, -3.93, 28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.87, 28.57, 97.91°)
OKLab	oklab(42% -0.0126 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(42% 0.067 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7183, 7.4793, 2.3858)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E1F #1F2655

analogous

#55331F #554E1F #41551F

triadic

#554E1F #1F554E #4E1F55

tetradic

#554E1F #1F5533 #1F2655 #551F41

square

#554E1F #1F5533 #1F2655 #551F41

split-complementary

#554E1F #1F4155 #331F55

monochromatic

#161508 #28250F #554E1F #82772F #AFA040

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#554E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#554E1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E1F

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E1F	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.067 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877f5c',
    500: '#554e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e1f;
$custom-light: #877f5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.222,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41998,
    "c": 0.06669,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E1F

secondary

#464F8A

accent

#63D652

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E1F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →