#554F38#554F38

#554F38 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.037 H 95.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554F38
RGB	rgb(85, 79, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 21%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(48, 34%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 34.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.58, -1.61, 14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.58, 14.60, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% -0.0033 0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.037 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2562, 7.8090, 4.8657)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554F38 #383E55

analogous

#554038 #554F38 #4C5538

triadic

#554F38 #38554F #4F3855

tetradic

#554F38 #385540 #383E55 #55384C

square

#554F38 #385540 #383E55 #55384C

split-complementary

#554F38 #384C55 #403855

monochromatic

#12110C #302D20 #554F38 #7A7150 #9D936A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#554F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#554F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554F38

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554F38	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#594C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 79, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.037 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85806e',
    500: '#554f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554f38;
$custom-light: #85806e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 20.567,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42688,
    "c": 0.03652,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554F38

secondary

#646B85

accent

#7CBD6B

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEC

border

#CAC9C7

text

#0B0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #554F38

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

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