#55540E#55540E

#55540E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.087 H 108.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55540E
RGB	rgb(85, 84, 14)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(59, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.61, -8.59, 37.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.61, 38.73, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(43.33% -0.0278 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(43.33% 0.087 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9962, 8.3039, 1.6497)
Luminance	0.0830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55540E #0E0F55

analogous

#55310E #55540E #33550E

triadic

#55540E #0E5554 #540E55

tetradic

#55540E #0E5531 #0E0F55 #550E33

square

#55540E #0E5531 #0E0F55 #550E33

split-complementary

#55540E #0E3355 #310E55

monochromatic

#1A1A04 #202005 #55540E #8A8817 #BEBC1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#55540E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#55540E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55540E

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55540E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55540E	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5214

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55540e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 84, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.087 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888354',
    500: '#55540e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55540e;
$custom-light: #888354;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55540e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43333,
    "c": 0.08693,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55540E

secondary

#30318F

accent

#3CEE39

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE8

border

#CBCAC4

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55540E

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

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