#55551A#55551A

#55551A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.079 H 109.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55551A
RGB	rgb(85, 85, 26)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.01, -8.49, 33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.01, 34.22, 104.37°)
OKLab	oklab(43.68% -0.0262 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(43.68% 0.079 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1815, 8.5031, 2.2400)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55551A #1A1A55

analogous

#55381A #55551A #38551A

triadic

#55551A #1A5555 #551A55

tetradic

#55551A #1A5538 #1A1A55 #551A38

square

#55551A #1A5538 #1A1A55 #551A38

split-complementary

#55551A #1A3855 #381A55

monochromatic

#171707 #26260C #55551A #848428 #B3B337

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#55551A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#55551A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55551A

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55551A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55551A	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)

#5C5112

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55551a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 85, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.079 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87845a',
    500: '#55551a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55551a;
$custom-light: #87845a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55551a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43681,
    "c": 0.07943,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55551A

secondary

#40408B

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #55551A

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

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