#555B10#555B10

#555B10 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.094 H 114.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555B10
RGB	rgb(85, 91, 16)
HSL	hsl(65, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(65, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 82.4%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.84, -12.52, 39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.84, 41.05, 107.76°)
OKLab	oklab(45.12% -0.0386 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(45.12% 0.094 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5812, 9.4510, 1.9150)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555B10 #16105B

analogous

#5B3B10 #555B10 #2F5B10

triadic

#555B10 #10555B #5B1055

tetradic

#555B10 #105B3B #16105B #5B102F

square

#555B10 #105B3B #16105B #5B102F

split-complementary

#555B10 #102F5B #3B105B

monochromatic

#181A05 #242707 #555B10 #868F19 #B6C322

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#555B10 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#555B10 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555B10

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555B10	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555B10	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625717

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B554D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555b10;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 91, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.094 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888956',
    500: '#555b10',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555b10;
$custom-light: #888956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555b10",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45122,
    "c": 0.09387,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555B10

secondary

#3A3394

accent

#3BED49

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #555B10

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

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