#555A17#555A17

#555A17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.088 H 113.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555A17
RGB	rgb(85, 90, 23)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 74.4%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.57, -11.57, 36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.57, 37.90, 107.78°)
OKLab	oklab(44.92% -0.0352 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(44.92% 0.088 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5573, 9.3056, 2.2085)
Luminance	0.0930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555A17 #1C175A

analogous

#5A3E17 #555A17 #335A17

triadic

#555A17 #17555A #5A1755

tetradic

#555A17 #175A3E #1C175A #5A1733

square

#555A17 #175A3E #1C175A #5A1733

split-complementary

#555A17 #17335A #3E175A

monochromatic

#171806 #27290B #555A17 #838B23 #B1BB30

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#555A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#555A17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555A17

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555A17	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)

#61550C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B544D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 90, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.088 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878859',
    500: '#555a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555a17;
$custom-light: #878859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.478,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44918,
    "c": 0.08798,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555A17

secondary

#423C91

accent

#45E251

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #555A17

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

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