#55542E#55542E

#55542E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.056 H 107.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55542E
RGB	rgb(85, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 30%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(58, 46%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 45.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.94, -5.98, 22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.94, 23.10, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% -0.0167 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.056 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4099, 8.4694, 3.8287)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55542E #2E2F55

analogous

#55402E #55542E #42552E

triadic

#55542E #2E5554 #542E55

tetradic

#55542E #2E5540 #2E2F55 #552E42

square

#55542E #2E5540 #2E2F55 #552E42

split-complementary

#55542E #2E4255 #402E55

monochromatic

#14140B #2D2D19 #55542E #7D7B43 #A4A259

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#55542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#55542E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55542E

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55542E	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A512B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A504B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.056 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#868467',
    500: '#55542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55542e;
$custom-light: #868467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 29.771,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43707,
    "c": 0.05646,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55542E

secondary

#585987

accent

#64C662

background

#F8F8F6

surface

#EFEFEB

border

#CACAC6

text

#0B0A06

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55542E

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

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