#555437#555437

#555437 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.044 H 106.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555437
RGB	rgb(85, 84, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 21%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(58, 35%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 35.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.10, -4.79, 17.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.10, 17.80, 105.60°)
OKLab	oklab(43.88% -0.0125 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(43.88% 0.044 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6063, 8.5479, 4.8629)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555437 #373855

analogous

#554537 #555437 #475537

triadic

#555437 #375554 #543755

tetradic

#555437 #375545 #373855 #553747

square

#555437 #375545 #373855 #553747

split-complementary

#555437 #374755 #453755

monochromatic

#13120C #302F1F #555437 #7A794F #9E9C69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#555437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#555437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555437

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555437	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59504D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 84, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.044 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85846e',
    500: '#555437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555437;
$custom-light: #85846e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43882,
    "c": 0.04436,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555437

secondary

#636485

accent

#6DBE6A

background

#F8F8F6

surface

#EFEFEB

border

#CACAC6

text

#0B0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #555437

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

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