#55551B#55551B

#55551B 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 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55551B
RGB	rgb(85, 85, 27)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.02, -8.42, 32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.02, 33.74, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% -0.0259 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.079 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1929, 8.5076, 2.2999)
Luminance	0.0851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55551B #1B1B55

analogous

#55381B #55551B #38551B

triadic

#55551B #1B5555 #551B55

tetradic

#55551B #1B5538 #1B1B55 #551B38

square

#55551B #1B5538 #1B1B55 #551B38

split-complementary

#55551B #1B3855 #381B55

monochromatic

#171707 #27270C #55551B #83832A #B2B239

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#55551B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#55551B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55551B

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55551B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55551B	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55551b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 85, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.079 109.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55551b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43691,
    "c": 0.07854,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55551B

secondary

#41418B

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #55551B

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

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