#55591E#55591E

#55591E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.081 H 112.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55591E
RGB	rgb(85, 89, 30)
HSL	hsl(64, 50%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 66.3%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.31, -10.51, 32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.31, 34.25, 107.87°)
OKLab	oklab(44.73% -0.0314 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(44.73% 0.081 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5532, 9.1699, 2.6001)
Luminance	0.0917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55591E #221E59

analogous

#593F1E #55591E #37591E

triadic

#55591E #1E5559 #591E55

tetradic

#55591E #1E593F #221E59 #591E37

square

#55591E #1E593F #221E59 #591E37

split-complementary

#55591E #1E3759 #3F1E59

monochromatic

#161708 #292B0F #55591E #81872D #ACB53D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#55591E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#55591E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55591E

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55591E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55591E	1.00	7.41	2.83	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B544D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55591e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 89, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.081 112.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

$custom: #55591e;
$custom-light: #87875d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55591e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.068,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44732,
    "c": 0.08083,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55591E

secondary

#4A458E

accent

#4FD958

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0B0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #55591E

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

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