#555D19#555D19

#555D19 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.090 H 115.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555D19
RGB	rgb(85, 93, 25)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(67, 73%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 73.1%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.54, -13.14, 36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.54, 38.51, 109.95°)
OKLab	oklab(45.7% -0.0394 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(45.7% 0.09 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8363, 9.8303, 2.4041)
Luminance	0.0983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555D19 #21195D

analogous

#5D4319 #555D19 #335D19

triadic

#555D19 #19555D #5D1955

tetradic

#555D19 #195D43 #21195D #5D1933

square

#555D19 #195D43 #21195D #5D1933

split-complementary

#555D19 #19335D #43195D

monochromatic

#161806 #292D0C #555D19 #818D26 #ADBD33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#555D19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#555D19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555D19

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555D19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555D19	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64580F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63591E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B574F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555d19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 93, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.090 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878a5a',
    500: '#555d19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555d19;
$custom-light: #878a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555d19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45701,
    "c": 0.09025,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555D19

secondary

#493F93

accent

#47E159

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0B0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #555D19

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

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