#555A0F#555A0F

#555A0F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.093 H 113.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555A0F
RGB	rgb(85, 90, 15)
HSL	hsl(64, 71%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(64, 83%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 83.3%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.51, -12.00, 39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.51, 40.94, 107.05°)
OKLab	oklab(44.86% -0.0372 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(44.86% 0.093 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4889, 9.2783, 1.8482)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555A0F #140F5A

analogous

#5A390F #555A0F #2F5A0F

triadic

#555A0F #0F555A #5A0F55

tetradic

#555A0F #0F5A39 #140F5A #5A0F2F

square

#555A0F #0F5A39 #140F5A #5A0F2F

split-complementary

#555A0F #0F2F5A #390F5A

monochromatic

#191A04 #232606 #555A0F #878E18 #B8C320

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#555A0F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#555A0F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555A0F

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555A0F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555A0F	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615716

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B544C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555a0f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 90, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.093 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888855',
    500: '#555a0f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555a0f;
$custom-light: #888855;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555a0f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4486,
    "c": 0.09324,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555A0F

secondary

#383194

accent

#3AEE46

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #555A0F

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

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