#555A1E#555A1E

#555A1E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.082 H 113.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555A1E
RGB	rgb(85, 90, 30)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 66.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.63, -11.08, 32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.63, 34.75, 108.59°)
OKLab	oklab(44.99% -0.033 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(44.99% 0.082 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6370, 9.3375, 2.6281)
Luminance	0.0934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555A1E #231E5A

analogous

#5A411E #555A1E #375A1E

triadic

#555A1E #1E555A #5A1E55

tetradic

#555A1E #1E5A41 #231E5A #5A1E37

square

#555A1E #1E5A41 #231E5A #5A1E37

split-complementary

#555A1E #1E375A #411E5A

monochromatic

#161708 #2A2C0F #555A1E #80882D #ACB63D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#555A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#555A1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555A1E

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555A1E	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B554D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 90, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.082 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87885d',
    500: '#555a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555a1e;
$custom-light: #87885d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44985,
    "c": 0.08213,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555A1E

secondary

#4B458F

accent

#4EDA5A

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0B0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #555A1E

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

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