#555915#555915

#555915 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.088 H 112.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555915
RGB	rgb(85, 89, 21)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 76.4%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.23, -11.12, 36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.23, 38.26, 106.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.65% -0.0342 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(44.65% 0.088 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4543, 9.1304, 2.0790)
Luminance	0.0913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555915 #191559

analogous

#593B15 #555915 #335915

triadic

#555915 #155559 #591555

tetradic

#555915 #15593B #191559 #591533

square

#555915 #15593B #191559 #591533

split-complementary

#555915 #153359 #3B1559

monochromatic

#181906 #262709 #555915 #848B21 #B4BC2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#555915 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#555915 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555915

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555915	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555915	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B534C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555915;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 89, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.088 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878758',
    500: '#555915',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555915;
$custom-light: #878758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555915",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44647,
    "c": 0.08822,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555915

secondary

#3E3991

accent

#43E54C

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #555915

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

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