#55552E#55552E

#55552E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.058 H 108.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55552E
RGB	rgb(85, 85, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 30%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(60, 46%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 45.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.25, -6.57, 22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.25, 23.63, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(43.95% -0.0184 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(43.95% 0.058 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4881, 8.6257, 3.8547)
Luminance	0.0863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55552E #2E2E55

analogous

#55412E #55552E #41552E

triadic

#55552E #2E5555 #552E55

tetradic

#55552E #2E5541 #2E2E55 #552E41

square

#55552E #2E5541 #2E2E55 #552E41

split-complementary

#55552E #2E4155 #412E55

monochromatic

#14140B #2D2D19 #55552E #7D7D43 #A4A459

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#55552E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#55552E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55552E

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55552E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55552E	1.00	7.71	2.73	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B522B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A514C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55552e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 85, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.058 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#868467',
    500: '#55552e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55552e;
$custom-light: #868467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55552e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 29.771,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43954,
    "c": 0.05781,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55552E

secondary

#585887

accent

#62C662

background

#F8F8F6

surface

#EFEFEB

border

#CACAC6

text

#0B0B06

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55552E

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

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