#55540F#55540F

#55540F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.086 H 108.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55540F
RGB	rgb(85, 84, 15)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 82.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.61, -8.55, 37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.61, 38.38, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% -0.0276 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.086 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0031, 8.3067, 1.6863)
Luminance	0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55540F #0F1055

analogous

#55310F #55540F #33550F

triadic

#55540F #0F5554 #540F55

tetradic

#55540F #0F5531 #0F1055 #550F33

square

#55540F #0F5531 #0F1055 #550F33

split-complementary

#55540F #0F3355 #310F55

monochromatic

#1A1A05 #212106 #55540F #898718 #BDBB21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#55540F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#55540F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55540F

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55540F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55540F	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)

#5C5001

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5215

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55540f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 84, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.086 108.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55540f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43339,
    "c": 0.08635,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55540F

secondary

#31328F

accent

#3EED3B

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55540F

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

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