#55511B#55511B

#55511B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.074 H 105.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55511B
RGB	rgb(85, 81, 27)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 68.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.76, -6.05, 31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.76, 31.92, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% -0.0192 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.074 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8868, 7.8955, 2.1979)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55511B #1B1F55

analogous

#55341B #55511B #3C551B

triadic

#55511B #1B5551 #511B55

tetradic

#55511B #1B5534 #1B1F55 #551B3C

square

#55511B #1B5534 #1B1F55 #551B3C

split-complementary

#55511B #1B3C55 #341B55

monochromatic

#171607 #27250C #55511B #837D2A #B2AA39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#55511B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#55511B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55511B

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55511B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55511B	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55511b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 81, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.074 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87815a',
    500: '#55511b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55511b;
$custom-light: #87815a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55511b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42692,
    "c": 0.07387,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55511B

secondary

#41468B

accent

#56DB4D

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #55511B

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

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