#555331#555331

#555331 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.051 H 105.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555331
RGB	rgb(85, 83, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 27%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(57, 42%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 42.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.68, -5.01, 20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.68, 20.82, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(43.52% -0.0136 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(43.52% 0.051 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3941, 8.3397, 4.1254)
Luminance	0.0834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555331 #313355

analogous

#554131 #555331 #455531

triadic

#555331 #315553 #533155

tetradic

#555331 #315541 #313355 #553145

square

#555331 #315541 #313355 #553145

split-complementary

#555331 #314555 #413155

monochromatic

#13130B #2E2D1B #555331 #7C7947 #A29E5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#555331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#555331 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555331

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555331	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58512E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A4F4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 83, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.051 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#858369',
    500: '#555331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555331;
$custom-light: #858369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 26.866,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43515,
    "c": 0.0512,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555331

secondary

#5C5E86

accent

#6AC365

background

#F8F8F6

surface

#EFEFEB

border

#CACAC6

text

#0B0A06

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #555331

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

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