#555B15#555B15

#555B15 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.091 H 114.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555B15
RGB	rgb(85, 91, 21)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 76.9%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.87, -12.26, 37.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.87, 39.19, 108.23°)
OKLab	oklab(45.16% -0.0374 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(45.16% 0.091 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6230, 9.4678, 2.1352)
Luminance	0.0947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555B15 #1B155B

analogous

#5B3E15 #555B15 #325B15

triadic

#555B15 #15555B #5B1555

tetradic

#555B15 #155B3E #1B155B #5B1532

square

#555B15 #155B3E #1B155B #5B1532

split-complementary

#555B15 #15325B #3E155B

monochromatic

#171906 #27290A #555B15 #838D20 #B2BE2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#555B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#555B15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555B15

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555B15	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62571B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B554D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 91, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.091 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878958',
    500: '#555b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555b15;
$custom-light: #878958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.143,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45157,
    "c": 0.09067,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555B15

secondary

#413992

accent

#42E650

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #555B15

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

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