#55501B#55501B

#55501B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.073 H 103.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55501B
RGB	rgb(85, 80, 27)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 68.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.45, -5.46, 31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.45, 31.49, 99.98°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% -0.0175 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.073 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8131, 7.7480, 2.1733)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55501B #1B2055

analogous

#55331B #55501B #3D551B

triadic

#55501B #1B5550 #501B55

tetradic

#55501B #1B5533 #1B2055 #551B3D

square

#55501B #1B5533 #1B2055 #551B3D

split-complementary

#55501B #1B3D55 #331B55

monochromatic

#171607 #27240C #55501B #837C2A #B2A739

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#55501B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#55501B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55501B

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55501B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55501B	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55501b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 80, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.073 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87805a',
    500: '#55501b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55501b;
$custom-light: #87805a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55501b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42444,
    "c": 0.07277,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55501B

secondary

#41478B

accent

#59DB4D

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #55501B

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

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