#555A11#555A11

#555A11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.092 H 113.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555A11
RGB	rgb(85, 90, 17)
HSL	hsl(64, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(64, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 81.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.53, -11.91, 38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.53, 40.24, 107.21°)
OKLab	oklab(44.87% -0.0368 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(44.87% 0.092 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5039, 9.2843, 1.9270)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555A11 #16115A

analogous

#5A3A11 #555A11 #305A11

triadic

#555A11 #11555A #5A1155

tetradic

#555A11 #115A3A #16115A #5A1130

square

#555A11 #115A3A #16115A #5A1130

split-complementary

#555A11 #11305A #3A115A

monochromatic

#181A05 #242707 #555A11 #868D1B #B6C124

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#555A11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#555A11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555A11

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555A11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555A11	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)

#615502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615717

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B544C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555a11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 90, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.092 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888856',
    500: '#555a11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555a11;
$custom-light: #888856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555a11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.11,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44873,
    "c": 0.09208,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555A11

secondary

#3A3493

accent

#3DEB49

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #555A11

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

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