#55540C#55540C

#55540C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.088 H 108.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55540C
RGB	rgb(85, 84, 12)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(59, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 85.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.60, -8.68, 38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.60, 39.40, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% -0.0283 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.088 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9833, 8.2987, 1.5817)
Luminance	0.0830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55540C #0C0D55

analogous

#55300C #55540C #32550C

triadic

#55540C #0C5554 #540C55

tetradic

#55540C #0C5530 #0C0D55 #550C32

square

#55540C #0C5530 #0C0D55 #550C32

split-complementary

#55540C #0C3255 #300C55

monochromatic

#1B1A04 #1F1F04 #55540C #8B8914 #C0BE1B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#55540C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#55540C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55540C

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55540C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55540C	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5213

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55540c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 84, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.088 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888353',
    500: '#55540c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55540c;
$custom-light: #888353;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55540c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43321,
    "c": 0.08802,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55540C

secondary

#2D2E90

accent

#39F236

background

#F8F8F4

surface

#F0EFE7

border

#CBCAC3

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55540C

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

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