#555518#555518

#555518 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.081 H 109.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555518
RGB	rgb(85, 85, 24)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.99, -8.63, 34.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.99, 35.13, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(43.66% -0.0268 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(43.66% 0.081 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1599, 8.4944, 2.1264)
Luminance	0.0849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555518 #181855

analogous

#553718 #555518 #375518

triadic

#555518 #185555 #551855

tetradic

#555518 #185537 #181855 #551837

square

#555518 #185537 #181855 #551837

split-complementary

#555518 #183755 #371855

monochromatic

#181807 #25250B #555518 #858525 #B4B433

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#555518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#555518 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555518

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555518	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C510F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 85, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.081 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878459',
    500: '#555518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555518;
$custom-light: #878459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43662,
    "c": 0.0811,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555518

secondary

#3D3D8C

accent

#49DF49

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #555518

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

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