#55560B#55560B

#55560B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.091 H 110.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55560B
RGB	rgb(85, 86, 11)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(61, 87%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 87.2%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.22, -9.88, 39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.22, 40.52, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.82% -0.0317 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(43.82% 0.091 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1348, 8.6112, 1.6028)
Luminance	0.0861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55560B #0C0B56

analogous

#56320B #55560B #30560B

triadic

#55560B #0B5556 #560B55

tetradic

#55560B #0B5632 #0C0B56 #560B30

square

#55560B #0B5632 #0C0B56 #560B30

split-complementary

#55560B #0B3056 #320B56

monochromatic

#1B1B03 #1F2004 #55560B #8B8C12 #C0C319

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#55560B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#55560B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55560B

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55560B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55560B	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5412

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C5049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55560b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 86, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.091 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888553',
    500: '#55560b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55560b;
$custom-light: #888553;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55560b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.8,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43821,
    "c": 0.09073,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55560B

secondary

#2D2B91

accent

#34F437

background

#F8F8F4

surface

#F0EFE7

border

#CBCAC3

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55560B

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

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