#55541A#55541A

#55541A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.078 H 108.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55541A
RGBrgb(85, 84, 26)
HSLhsl(59, 53%, 22%)
HSVhsv(59, 69%, 33%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.2%, 69.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LABlab(34.69, -7.90, 32.82)
CIE-LCHlch(34.69, 33.75, 103.54°)
OKLaboklab(43.43% -0.0246 0.0743)
OKLCHoklch(43.43% 0.078 108.3)
XYZxyz(7.1033, 8.3467, 2.2140)
Luminance0.0835 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55541A #1A1B55
analogous
#55371A #55541A #39551A
triadic
#55541A #1A5554 #541A55
tetradic
#55541A #1A5537 #1A1B55 #551A39
square
#55541A #1A5537 #1A1B55 #551A39
split-complementary
#55541A #1A3955 #371A55
monochromatic
#171707 #26260C #55541A #848228 #B3B137

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87
#55541A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67
#55541A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55541A
7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55541A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##55541A1.007.872.677.87
#FFFFFF7.871.0021.001.00
#0000002.6721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.871.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5B5012
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5C531E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#5B4E48
Achromatopsia (no color)
#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55541a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 84, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.078 108.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87835a',
    500: '#55541a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55541a;
$custom-light: #87835a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55541a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4343,
    "c": 0.07823,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55541A
secondary
#40418B
accent
#4EDD4B
background
#F8F8F5
surface
#F0EFE9
border
#CBCAC5
text
#0B0A04
muted
#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #55541A

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#55541A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva