#554E38#554E38

#554E38 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.035 H 92.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E38
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 21%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(46, 34%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 34.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.28, -0.99, 14.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.28, 14.14, 94.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% -0.0016 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.035 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1846, 7.6658, 4.8418)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E38 #383F55

analogous

#553F38 #554E38 #4D5538

triadic

#554E38 #38554E #4E3855

tetradic

#554E38 #38553F #383F55 #55384D

square

#554E38 #38553F #383F55 #55384D

split-complementary

#554E38 #384D55 #3F3855

monochromatic

#12110C #302C20 #554E38 #7A7050 #9D916A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#554E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#554E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E38

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E38	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A4B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.035 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857f6e',
    500: '#554e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e38;
$custom-light: #857f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 20.567,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42448,
    "c": 0.03543,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E38

secondary

#646C85

accent

#7FBD6B

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEC

border

#CAC9C7

text

#0B0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E38

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

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