#554E37#554E37

#554E37 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.037 H 93.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E37
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 21%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(46, 35%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 35.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.26, -1.14, 14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.26, 14.74, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(42.43% -0.002 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(42.43% 0.037 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1604, 7.6561, 4.7143)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E37 #373E55

analogous

#553F37 #554E37 #4D5537

triadic

#554E37 #37554E #4E3755

tetradic

#554E37 #37553F #373E55 #55374D

square

#554E37 #37553F #373E55 #55374D

split-complementary

#554E37 #374D55 #3F3755

monochromatic

#13110C #302C1F #554E37 #7A704F #9E9169

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#554E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#554E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E37

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E37	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)

#534D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A4B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.037 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857f6e',
    500: '#554e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e37;
$custom-light: #857f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42425,
    "c": 0.03684,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E37

secondary

#636B85

accent

#7DBE6A

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEB

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0B0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E37

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

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