#555A12#555A12

#555A12 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.091 H 113.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555A12
RGB	rgb(85, 90, 18)
HSL	hsl(64, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(64, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 80%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.53, -11.86, 38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.53, 39.88, 107.30°)
OKLab	oklab(44.88% -0.0365 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(44.88% 0.091 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5119, 9.2875, 1.9691)
Luminance	0.0929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555A12 #17125A

analogous

#5A3B12 #555A12 #315A12

triadic

#555A12 #12555A #5A1255

tetradic

#555A12 #125A3B #17125A #5A1231

square

#555A12 #125A3B #17125A #5A1231

split-complementary

#555A12 #12315A #3B125A

monochromatic

#181A05 #252708 #555A12 #858D1C #B5C026

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#555A12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#555A12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555A12

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555A12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555A12	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)

#615504

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615718

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B544C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555a12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 90, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.091 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878856',
    500: '#555a12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555a12;
$custom-light: #878856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555a12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.167,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4488,
    "c": 0.09145,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555A12

secondary

#3C3593

accent

#3EEA4A

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #555A12

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

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