#554E35#554E35

#554E35 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.040 H 94.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E35
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 23%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(47, 38%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 37.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.22, -1.43, 15.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.22, 15.94, 95.14°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% -0.003 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.04 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1134, 7.6373, 4.4669)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E35 #353C55

analogous

#553E35 #554E35 #4C5535

triadic

#554E35 #35554E #4E3555

tetradic

#554E35 #35553E #353C55 #55354C

square

#554E35 #35553E #353C55 #55354C

split-complementary

#554E35 #354C55 #3E3555

monochromatic

#13110C #2F2B1D #554E35 #7B714D #9F9265

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#554E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#554E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E35

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E35	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A4A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.040 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857f6c',
    500: '#554e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e35;
$custom-light: #857f6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 23.188,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4238,
    "c": 0.03962,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E35

secondary

#606886

accent

#7BC068

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEB

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0B0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E35

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

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