#55510E#55510E

#55510E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.084 H 105.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55510E
RGBrgb(85, 81, 14)
HSLhsl(57, 72%, 19%)
HSVhsv(57, 84%, 33%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.7%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LABlab(33.66, -6.83, 36.91)
CIE-LCHlch(33.66, 37.54, 100.48°)
OKLaboklab(42.58% -0.0229 0.0805)
OKLCHoklch(42.58% 0.084 105.9)
XYZxyz(6.7683, 7.8481, 1.5737)
Luminance0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55510E #0E1255
analogous
#552E0E #55510E #36550E
triadic
#55510E #0E5551 #510E55
tetradic
#55510E #0E552E #0E1255 #550E36
square
#55510E #0E552E #0E1255 #550E36
split-complementary
#55510E #0E3655 #2E0E55
monochromatic
#1A1904 #201F05 #55510E #8A8317 #BEB51F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17
#55510E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57
#55510E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55510E
8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55510E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##55510E1.008.172.578.17
#FFFFFF8.171.0021.001.00
#0000002.5721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.171.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#594E01
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5A5013
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#5C4B44
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55510e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 81, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.084 105.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888153',
    500: '#55510e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55510e;
$custom-light: #888153;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55510e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42581,
    "c": 0.08372,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55510E
secondary
#30358F
accent
#44EE39
background
#F8F7F4
surface
#F0EEE8
border
#CBC9C4
text
#0C0A03
muted
#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55510E

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#55510E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva