#555C12#555C12

#555C12 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.094 H 115.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555C12
RGB	rgb(85, 92, 18)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(66, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 80.4%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, -12.99, 38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 40.79, 108.56°)
OKLab	oklab(45.39% -0.0397 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(45.39% 0.094 115)
XYZ	xyz(7.6829, 9.6294, 2.0261)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555C12 #19125C

analogous

#5C3E12 #555C12 #305C12

triadic

#555C12 #12555C #5C1255

tetradic

#555C12 #125C3E #19125C #5C1230

square

#555C12 #125C3E #19125C #5C1230

split-complementary

#555C12 #12305C #3E125C

monochromatic

#181A05 #262908 #555C12 #848F1C #B4C226

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#555C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#555C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555C12

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555C12	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635703

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B564E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 92, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.094 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878a57',
    500: '#555c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555c12;
$custom-light: #878a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.676,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4539,
    "c": 0.0939,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.09629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555C12

secondary

#3E3594

accent

#3EEA4E

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #555C12

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

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