#55561D#55561D

#55561D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.078 H 110.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55561D
RGB	rgb(85, 86, 29)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 66.3%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.35, -8.85, 32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.35, 33.26, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.96% -0.0269 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(43.96% 0.078 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2961, 8.6758, 2.4524)
Luminance	0.0868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55561D #1E1D56

analogous

#563B1D #55561D #38561D

triadic

#55561D #1D5556 #561D55

tetradic

#55561D #1D563B #1E1D56 #561D38

square

#55561D #1D563B #1E1D56 #561D38

split-complementary

#55561D #1D3856 #3B1D56

monochromatic

#171708 #28280E #55561D #82842C #AFB23C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#55561D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#55561D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55561D

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55561D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55561D	1.00	7.68	2.74	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5421

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B514A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55561d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 86, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.078 110.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

$custom: #55561d;
$custom-light: #87855c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55561d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.053,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43964,
    "c": 0.07795,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55561D

secondary

#45448B

accent

#4FD951

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0B0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #55561D

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

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