#555A1B#555A1B

#555A1B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.085 H 113.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555A1B
RGB	rgb(85, 90, 27)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 70%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.60, -11.31, 34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.60, 36.15, 108.23°)
OKLab	oklab(44.95% -0.034 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(44.95% 0.085 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6005, 9.3229, 2.4358)
Luminance	0.0932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555A1B #201B5A

analogous

#5A3F1B #555A1B #355A1B

triadic

#555A1B #1B555A #5A1B55

tetradic

#555A1B #1B5A3F #201B5A #5A1B35

square

#555A1B #1B5A3F #201B5A #5A1B35

split-complementary

#555A1B #1B355A #3F1B5A

monochromatic

#161807 #292B0D #555A1B #818929 #AEB837

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#555A1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#555A1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555A1B

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555A1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555A1B	1.00	7.33	2.86	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B544D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555a1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 90, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.085 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87885b',
    500: '#555a1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555a1b;
$custom-light: #87885b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555a1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.762,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44954,
    "c": 0.08478,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555A1B

secondary

#474190

accent

#4BDD56

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0B0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #555A1B

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

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