#554E36#554E36

#554E36 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.038 H 93.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E36
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 22%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(46, 36%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 36.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.24, -1.28, 15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.24, 15.34, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.4% -0.0025 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(42.4% 0.038 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1367, 7.6466, 4.5893)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E36 #363D55

analogous

#553F36 #554E36 #4D5536

triadic

#554E36 #36554E #4E3655

tetradic

#554E36 #36553F #363D55 #55364D

square

#554E36 #36553F #363D55 #55364D

split-complementary

#554E36 #364D55 #3F3655

monochromatic

#13110C #302C1E #554E36 #7A704E #9E9267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#554E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#554E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E36

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E36	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A4A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.038 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857f6d',
    500: '#554e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e36;
$custom-light: #857f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 22.302,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42402,
    "c": 0.03823,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E36

secondary

#616A85

accent

#7CBF69

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEB

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0B0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E36

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

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