#555D15#555D15

#555D15 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.093 H 115.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555D15
RGB	rgb(85, 93, 21)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(67, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 77.4%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.51, -13.39, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.51, 40.14, 109.48°)
OKLab	oklab(45.67% -0.0405 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(45.67% 0.093 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7962, 9.8143, 2.1930)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555D15 #1D155D

analogous

#5D4115 #555D15 #315D15

triadic

#555D15 #15555D #5D1555

tetradic

#555D15 #155D41 #1D155D #5D1531

square

#555D15 #155D41 #1D155D #5D1531

split-complementary

#555D15 #15315D #41155D

monochromatic

#171906 #272B0A #555D15 #838F20 #B0C12C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#555D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#555D15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555D15

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555D15	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)

#645807

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63591B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B574F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 93, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.093 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878a58',
    500: '#555d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555d15;
$custom-light: #878a58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45668,
    "c": 0.09318,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555D15

secondary

#443994

accent

#42E654

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #555D15

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

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