#55561B#55561B

#55561B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.080 H 110.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55561B
RGB	rgb(85, 86, 27)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 68.6%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.33, -9.00, 33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.33, 34.21, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.94% -0.0275 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(43.94% 0.08 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2722, 8.6662, 2.3264)
Luminance	0.0867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55561B #1C1B56

analogous

#563A1B #55561B #38561B

triadic

#55561B #1B5556 #561B55

tetradic

#55561B #1B563A #1C1B56 #561B38

square

#55561B #1B563A #1C1B56 #561B38

split-complementary

#55561B #1B3856 #3A1B56

monochromatic

#171707 #27270C #55561B #83852A #B1B338

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#55561B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#55561B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55561B

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55561B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55561B	1.00	7.68	2.73	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5213

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B504A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55561b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 86, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.080 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87855b',
    500: '#55561b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55561b;
$custom-light: #87855b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55561b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.017,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43943,
    "c": 0.07976,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55561B

secondary

#42418C

accent

#4CDC4F

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0B0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #55561B

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

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