#554E31#554E31

#554E31 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.045 H 96.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E31
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 27%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 42.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.14, -1.98, 18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.14, 18.33, 96.19°)
OKLab	oklab(42.3% -0.0049 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(42.3% 0.045 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0252, 7.6020, 4.0024)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E31 #313855

analogous

#553C31 #554E31 #4A5531

triadic

#554E31 #31554E #4E3155

tetradic

#554E31 #31553C #313855 #55314A

square

#554E31 #31553C #313855 #55314A

split-complementary

#554E31 #314A55 #3C3155

monochromatic

#13120B #2E2A1B #554E31 #7C7247 #A2955E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#554E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#554E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E31

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E31	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A4A47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.045 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857f69',
    500: '#554e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e31;
$custom-light: #857f69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 26.866,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42295,
    "c": 0.04507,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E31

secondary

#5C6486

accent

#77C365

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEB

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0B0A06

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E31

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

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