#555D12#555D12

#555D12 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.095 H 115.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555D12
RGB	rgb(85, 93, 18)
HSL	hsl(66, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(66, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 80.6%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.49, -13.55, 38.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.49, 41.26, 109.17°)
OKLab	oklab(45.65% -0.0412 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(45.65% 0.095 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7701, 9.8038, 2.0552)
Luminance	0.0980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555D12 #1A125D

analogous

#5D4012 #555D12 #305D12

triadic

#555D12 #12555D #5D1255

tetradic

#555D12 #125D40 #1A125D #5D1230

square

#555D12 #125D40 #1A125D #5D1230

split-complementary

#555D12 #12305D #40125D

monochromatic

#171A05 #262A08 #555D12 #84901C #B3C426

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#555D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#555D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555D12

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555D12	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B574F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 93, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.095 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888a57',
    500: '#555d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555d12;
$custom-light: #888a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.4,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45647,
    "c": 0.09513,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555D12

secondary

#403595

accent

#3DEA50

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0B03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #555D12

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

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