#55503C#55503C

#55503C is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.032 H 95.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55503C
RGB	rgb(85, 80, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 17%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(48, 29%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 29.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.97, -1.60, 12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.97, 12.66, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(43.03% -0.0032 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(43.03% 0.032 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4306, 7.9950, 5.4259)
Luminance	0.0799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55503C #3C4155

analogous

#55433C #55503C #4D553C

triadic

#55503C #3C5550 #503C55

tetradic

#55503C #3C5543 #3C4155 #553C4D

square

#55503C #3C5543 #3C4155 #553C4D

split-complementary

#55503C #3C4D55 #433C55

monochromatic

#12110D #312E23 #55503C #797255 #9B9271

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#55503C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#55503C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55503C

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55503C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55503C	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56513D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#594D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55503c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 80, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.032 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#858171',
    500: '#55503c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55503c;
$custom-light: #858171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55503c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 17.241,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43025,
    "c": 0.03194,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55503C

secondary

#686E85

accent

#7DBA6E

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEC

border

#CAC9C7

text

#0B0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55503C

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

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