#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
RGB	rgb(85, 81, 14)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(57, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.66, -6.83, 36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.66, 37.54, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(42.58% -0.0229 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(42.58% 0.084 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7683, 7.8481, 1.5737)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##55510E	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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