#55511D#55511D

#55511D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.072 H 104.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55511D
RGB	rgb(85, 81, 29)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 65.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.78, -5.90, 30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.78, 30.92, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% -0.0185 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.072 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9108, 7.9051, 2.3240)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55511D #1D2155

analogous

#55351D #55511D #3D551D

triadic

#55511D #1D5551 #511D55

tetradic

#55511D #1D5535 #1D2155 #551D3D

square

#55511D #1D5535 #1D2155 #551D3D

split-complementary

#55511D #1D3D55 #351D55

monochromatic

#171608 #27260D #55511D #837C2D #B0A83C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#55511D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#55511D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55511D

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55511D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55511D	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)

#584E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55511d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 81, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.072 104.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55511d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42714,
    "c": 0.07199,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55511D

secondary

#44498A

accent

#59D94F

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #55511D

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

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