#55550E#55550E

#55550E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.088 H 109.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55550E
RGB	rgb(85, 85, 14)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(60, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.92, -9.18, 38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.92, 39.14, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.59% -0.0295 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(43.59% 0.088 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0743, 8.4602, 1.6757)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55550E #0E0E55

analogous

#55320E #55550E #32550E

triadic

#55550E #0E5555 #550E55

tetradic

#55550E #0E5532 #0E0E55 #550E32

square

#55550E #0E5532 #0E0E55 #550E32

split-complementary

#55550E #0E3255 #320E55

monochromatic

#1A1A04 #202005 #55550E #8A8A17 #BEBE1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#55550E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#55550E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55550E

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55550E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55550E	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)

#5D5100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5314

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55550e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 85, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.088 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888454',
    500: '#55550e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55550e;
$custom-light: #888454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55550e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43585,
    "c": 0.08804,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55550E

secondary

#30308F

accent

#39EE39

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55550E

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

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