#554E39#554E39

#554E39 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.034 H 91.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E39
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 20%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(45, 33%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 32.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.30, -0.84, 13.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.30, 13.54, 93.56°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% -0.0011 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.034 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2093, 7.6757, 4.9719)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E39 #394055

analogous

#554039 #554E39 #4E5539

triadic

#554E39 #39554E #4E3955

tetradic

#554E39 #395540 #394055 #55394E

square

#554E39 #395540 #394055 #55394E

split-complementary

#554E39 #394E55 #403955

monochromatic

#12110C #302C20 #554E39 #7A7052 #9C906C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#554E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#554E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E39

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E39	1.00	8.28	2.53	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#594B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.034 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857f6f',
    500: '#554e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e39;
$custom-light: #857f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 19.718,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42471,
    "c": 0.03403,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E39

secondary

#656D85

accent

#80BC6B

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEC

border

#CAC9C7

text

#0B0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E39

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

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