#55531D#55531D

#55531D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.074 H 107.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55531D
RGB	rgb(85, 83, 29)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 65.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.41, -7.09, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.41, 31.84, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.21% -0.0219 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(43.21% 0.074 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0616, 8.2067, 2.3742)
Luminance	0.0821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55531D #1D1F55

analogous

#55371D #55531D #3B551D

triadic

#55531D #1D5553 #531D55

tetradic

#55531D #1D5537 #1D1F55 #551D3B

square

#55531D #1D5537 #1D1F55 #551D3B

split-complementary

#55531D #1D3B55 #371D55

monochromatic

#171608 #27260D #55531D #83802D #B0AC3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.95

#55531D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#55531D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55531D

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55531D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55531D	1.00	7.95	2.64	7.95
#FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55531d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 83, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.074 107.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

$custom: #55531d;
$custom-light: #87835c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55531d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43212,
    "c": 0.07431,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55531D

secondary

#44468A

accent

#54D94F

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #55531D

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

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