#555A15#555A15

#555A15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.089 H 113.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555A15
RGB	rgb(85, 90, 21)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 76.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.55, -11.69, 36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.55, 38.72, 107.58°)
OKLab	oklab(44.9% -0.0358 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(44.9% 0.089 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5381, 9.2979, 2.1069)
Luminance	0.0930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555A15 #1A155A

analogous

#5A3D15 #555A15 #335A15

triadic

#555A15 #15555A #5A1555

tetradic

#555A15 #155A3D #1A155A #5A1533

square

#555A15 #155A3D #1A155A #5A1533

split-complementary

#555A15 #15335A #3D155A

monochromatic

#171906 #262809 #555A15 #848C21 #B3BD2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#555A15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#555A15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555A15

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555A15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555A15	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B544D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555a15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 90, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.089 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878858',
    500: '#555a15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555a15;
$custom-light: #878858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555a15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.348,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44902,
    "c": 0.08944,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555A15

secondary

#403992

accent

#43E54E

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #555A15

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

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