#55531A#55531A

#55531A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.077 H 107.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55531A
RGB	rgb(85, 83, 26)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 69.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.38, -7.31, 32.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.38, 33.30, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(43.18% -0.0229 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(43.18% 0.077 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.0263, 8.1926, 2.1883)
Luminance	0.0819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55531A #1A1C55

analogous

#55361A #55531A #3A551A

triadic

#55531A #1A5553 #531A55

tetradic

#55531A #1A5536 #1A1C55 #551A3A

square

#55531A #1A5536 #1A1C55 #551A3A

split-complementary

#55531A #1A3A55 #361A55

monochromatic

#171707 #26250C #55531A #848128 #B3AF37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#55531A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#55531A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55531A

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55531A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55531A	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4D47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55531a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 83, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.077 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87835a',
    500: '#55531a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55531a;
$custom-light: #87835a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55531a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.966,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4318,
    "c": 0.07706,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55531A

secondary

#40428B

accent

#50DD4B

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #55531A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →