#55500E#55500E

#55500E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.083 H 104.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55500E
RGB	rgb(85, 80, 14)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(56, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.35, -6.23, 36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.35, 37.15, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(42.33% -0.0213 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(42.33% 0.083 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6945, 7.7006, 1.5491)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55500E #0E1355

analogous

#552D0E #55500E #37550E

triadic

#55500E #0E5550 #500E55

tetradic

#55500E #0E552D #0E1355 #550E37

square

#55500E #0E552D #0E1355 #550E37

split-complementary

#55500E #0E3755 #2D0E55

monochromatic

#1A1904 #201F05 #55500E #8A8117 #BEB31F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#55500E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#55500E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55500E

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55500E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55500E	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584D01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5013

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55500e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 80, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.083 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888053',
    500: '#55500e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55500e;
$custom-light: #888053;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55500e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.775,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42331,
    "c": 0.08269,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55500E

secondary

#30368F

accent

#46EE39

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EEE7

border

#CBC9C3

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55500E

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

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