#554E2B#554E2B

#554E2B is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.053 H 98.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E2B
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 33%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 49.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.04, -2.72, 21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.04, 21.86, 97.14°)
OKLab	oklab(42.18% -0.0076 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(42.18% 0.053 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9069, 7.5547, 3.3794)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E2B #2B3255

analogous

#55392B #554E2B #47552B

triadic

#554E2B #2B554E #4E2B55

tetradic

#554E2B #2B5539 #2B3255 #552B47

square

#554E2B #2B5539 #2B3255 #552B47

split-complementary

#554E2B #2B4755 #392B55

monochromatic

#14130A #2C2916 #554E2B #7E7340 #A69954

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#554E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#554E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E2B

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E2B	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.053 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#867f65',
    500: '#554e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e2b;
$custom-light: #867f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 32.812,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42181,
    "c": 0.05288,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E2B

secondary

#555D87

accent

#71C95F

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEB

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0B0A05

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E2B

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

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