#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
RGB	rgb(85, 82, 14)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(57, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.98, -7.42, 37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.98, 37.93, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% -0.0246 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.085 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8432, 7.9978, 1.5986)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##55520E	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #55520E

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

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