#55550F#55550F

#55550F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.087 H 109.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55550F
RGB	rgb(85, 85, 15)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 82.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.93, -9.13, 37.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.93, 38.79, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.59% -0.0292 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(43.59% 0.087 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0813, 8.4630, 1.7123)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55550F #0F0F55

analogous

#55320F #55550F #32550F

triadic

#55550F #0F5555 #550F55

tetradic

#55550F #0F5532 #0F0F55 #550F32

square

#55550F #0F5532 #0F0F55 #550F32

split-complementary

#55550F #0F3255 #320F55

monochromatic

#1A1A05 #212106 #55550F #898918 #BDBD21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#55550F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#55550F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55550F

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#5D5101

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55550f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 85, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.087 109.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55550f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43591,
    "c": 0.08746,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55550F

secondary

#31318F

accent

#3BED3B

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55550F

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

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