#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
RGB	rgb(85, 84, 26)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 69.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.69, -7.90, 32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.69, 33.75, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(43.43% -0.0246 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(43.43% 0.078 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1033, 8.3467, 2.2140)
Luminance	0.0835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##55541A	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)

#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

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

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