#55510C#55510C

#55510C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.085 H 106.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55510C
RGB	rgb(85, 81, 12)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(57, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 85.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.65, -6.91, 37.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.65, 38.23, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% -0.0233 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.085 106)
XYZ	xyz(6.7554, 7.8430, 1.5058)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55510C #0C1055

analogous

#552D0C #55510C #35550C

triadic

#55510C #0C5551 #510C55

tetradic

#55510C #0C552D #0C1055 #550C35

square

#55510C #0C552D #0C1055 #550C35

split-complementary

#55510C #0C3555 #2D0C55

monochromatic

#1B1A04 #1F1E04 #55510C #8B8414 #C0B71B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#55510C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#55510C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55510C

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55510C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55510C	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5012

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55510c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 81, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.085 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888152',
    500: '#55510c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55510c;
$custom-light: #888152;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55510c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.712,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42568,
    "c": 0.08484,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.07843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55510C

secondary

#2D3290

accent

#40F236

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EEE7

border

#CBC9C3

text

#0C0A02

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55510C

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

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