#55501E#55501E

#55501E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.070 H 103.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55501E
RGB	rgb(85, 80, 30)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 64.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.48, -5.22, 29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.48, 29.97, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(42.48% -0.0164 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(42.48% 0.07 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8496, 7.7626, 2.3656)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55501E #1E2355

analogous

#55341E #55501E #3F551E

triadic

#55501E #1E5550 #501E55

tetradic

#55501E #1E5534 #1E2355 #551E3F

square

#55501E #1E5534 #1E2355 #551E3F

split-complementary

#55501E #1E3F55 #341E55

monochromatic

#171508 #28250E #55501E #827B2E #AFA53E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#55501E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#55501E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55501E

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55501E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55501E	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)

#574D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595021

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55501e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 80, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.070 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87805c',
    500: '#55501e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55501e;
$custom-light: #87805c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55501e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42478,
    "c": 0.06988,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55501E

secondary

#454B8A

accent

#5DD750

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #55501E

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

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