#555115#555115

#555115 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.079 H 105.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555115
RGB	rgb(85, 81, 21)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 75.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.71, -6.46, 34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.71, 34.72, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.63% -0.0211 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(42.63% 0.079 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8244, 7.8705, 1.8690)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555115 #151955

analogous

#553115 #555115 #395515

triadic

#555115 #155551 #511555

tetradic

#555115 #155531 #151955 #551539

square

#555115 #155531 #151955 #551539

split-complementary

#555115 #153955 #311555

monochromatic

#191706 #242209 #555115 #868021 #B7AF2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#555115 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#555115 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555115

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555115	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555115	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594E0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5019

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555115;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 81, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.079 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878157',
    500: '#555115',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555115;
$custom-light: #878157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555115",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42633,
    "c": 0.07895,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555115

secondary

#393E8D

accent

#4EE444

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #555115

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

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