#55520E#55520E

#55520E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.085 H 106.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55520E
RGBrgb(85, 82, 14)
HSLhsl(57, 72%, 19%)
HSVhsv(57, 84%, 33%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.5%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LABlab(33.98, -7.42, 37.20)
CIE-LCHlch(33.98, 37.93, 101.28°)
OKLaboklab(42.83% -0.0246 0.0811)
OKLCHoklch(42.83% 0.085 106.8)
XYZxyz(6.8432, 7.9978, 1.5986)
Luminance0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55520E #0E1155
analogous
#552F0E #55520E #35550E
triadic
#55520E #0E5552 #520E55
tetradic
#55520E #0E552F #0E1155 #550E35
square
#55520E #0E552F #0E1155 #550E35
split-complementary
#55520E #0E3555 #2F0E55
monochromatic
#1A1904 #201F05 #55520E #8A8517 #BEB71F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08
#55520E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60
#55520E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55520E
8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55520E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##55520E1.008.082.608.08
#FFFFFF8.081.0021.001.00
#0000002.6021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.081.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5A4E01
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5B5114
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#5C4C45
Achromatopsia (no color)
#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55520e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 82, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.085 106.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888253',
    500: '#55520e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55520e;
$custom-light: #888253;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55520e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42831,
    "c": 0.08477,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55520E
secondary
#30348F
accent
#41EE39
background
#F8F7F4
surface
#F0EEE8
border
#CBC9C4
text
#0C0A03
muted
#7D7C78

Preview Lab

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#55520E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva