#55591C#55591C

#55591C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.083 H 112.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55591C
RGB	rgb(85, 89, 28)
HSL	hsl(64, 52%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 68.5%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.29, -10.66, 33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.29, 35.19, 107.63°)
OKLab	oklab(44.71% -0.0321 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(44.71% 0.083 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5285, 9.1600, 2.4699)
Luminance	0.0916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55591C #201C59

analogous

#593E1C #55591C #36591C

triadic

#55591C #1C5559 #591C55

tetradic

#55591C #1C593E #201C59 #591C36

square

#55591C #1C593E #201C59 #591C36

split-complementary

#55591C #1C3659 #3E1C59

monochromatic

#161707 #292A0D #55591C #81882B #AEB639

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#55591C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#55591C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55591C

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55591C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55591C	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B544C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55591c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 89, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.083 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87875c',
    500: '#55591c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55591c;
$custom-light: #87875c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55591c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.934,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44711,
    "c": 0.08263,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55591C

secondary

#47428F

accent

#4CDC56

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0B0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #55591C

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

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