#55510F#55510F

#55510F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.083 H 105.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55510F
RGB	rgb(85, 81, 15)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(57, 82%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 82.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.67, -6.78, 36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.67, 37.17, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% -0.0227 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.083 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7753, 7.8509, 1.6103)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55510F #0F1355

analogous

#552E0F #55510F #36550F

triadic

#55510F #0F5551 #510F55

tetradic

#55510F #0F552E #0F1355 #550F36

square

#55510F #0F552E #0F1355 #550F36

split-complementary

#55510F #0F3655 #2E0F55

monochromatic

#1A1905 #211F06 #55510F #898318 #BDB421

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#55510F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#55510F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55510F

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55510F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55510F	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)

#594E02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5014

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55510f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 81, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.083 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888154',
    500: '#55510f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55510f;
$custom-light: #888154;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55510f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42587,
    "c": 0.08311,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55510F

secondary

#31368F

accent

#45ED3B

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE8

border

#CBC9C4

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55510F

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

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