#554E22#554E22

#554E22 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.064 H 100.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E22
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 34)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 60%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.91, -3.66, 26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.91, 26.96, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% -0.0115 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.064 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7597, 7.4958, 2.6038)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E22 #222955

analogous

#553422 #554E22 #425522

triadic

#554E22 #22554E #4E2255

tetradic

#554E22 #225534 #222955 #552242

square

#554E22 #225534 #222955 #552242

split-complementary

#554E22 #224255 #342255

monochromatic

#161409 #292611 #554E22 #817633 #AC9E45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#554E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#554E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E22

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E22	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574F24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.064 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#867f5f',
    500: '#554e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e22;
$custom-light: #867f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42038,
    "c": 0.0635,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E22

secondary

#4A5289

accent

#66D355

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E22

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

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