#55501D#55501D

#55501D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.071 H 103.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55501D
RGB	rgb(85, 80, 29)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 65.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.47, -5.30, 30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.47, 30.48, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% -0.0168 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.071 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8370, 7.7576, 2.2994)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55501D #1D2255

analogous

#55341D #55501D #3E551D

triadic

#55501D #1D5550 #501D55

tetradic

#55501D #1D5534 #1D2255 #551D3E

square

#55501D #1D5534 #1D2255 #551D3E

split-complementary

#55501D #1D3E55 #341D55

monochromatic

#171508 #27250D #55501D #837B2D #B0A63C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#55501D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#55501D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55501D

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55501D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55501D	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595020

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55501d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 80, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.071 103.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55501d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42467,
    "c": 0.07086,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55501D

secondary

#444A8A

accent

#5BD94F

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #55501D

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

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