#555B19#555B19

#555B19 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.088 H 114.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555B19
RGB	rgb(85, 91, 25)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 72.5%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.90, -12.01, 35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.90, 37.53, 108.67°)
OKLab	oklab(45.19% -0.0362 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(45.19% 0.088 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6631, 9.4838, 2.3464)
Luminance	0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555B19 #1F195B

analogous

#5B4019 #555B19 #345B19

triadic

#555B19 #19555B #5B1955

tetradic

#555B19 #195B40 #1F195B #5B1934

square

#555B19 #195B40 #1F195B #5B1934

split-complementary

#555B19 #19345B #40195B

monochromatic

#161807 #282B0C #555B19 #828B26 #AFBB33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#555B19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#555B19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555B19

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555B19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555B19	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62560F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62571E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B554E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555b19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 91, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.088 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87895a',
    500: '#555b19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555b19;
$custom-light: #87895a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555b19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4519,
    "c": 0.08769,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555B19

secondary

#463F91

accent

#48E056

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0B0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #555B19

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

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