#555E0D#555E0D

#555E0D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.099 H 116.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555E0D
RGB	rgb(85, 94, 13)
HSL	hsl(67, 76%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(67, 86%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 86.2%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.78, -14.33, 40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.78, 43.36, 109.30°)
OKLab	oklab(45.87% -0.0438 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(45.87% 0.099 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8219, 9.9659, 1.8922)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555E0D #160D5E

analogous

#5E3E0D #555E0D #2C5E0D

triadic

#555E0D #0D555E #5E0D55

tetradic

#555E0D #0D5E3E #160D5E #5E0D2C

square

#555E0D #0D5E3E #160D5E #5E0D2C

split-complementary

#555E0D #0D2C5E #3E0D5E

monochromatic

#181B04 #242806 #555E0D #869414 #B6CA1C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#555E0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#555E0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555E0D

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555E0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555E0D	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655915

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B584F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555e0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 94, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.099 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888b55',
    500: '#555e0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555e0d;
$custom-light: #888b55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555e0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 75.701,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45874,
    "c": 0.0991,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555E0D

secondary

#3A2F98

accent

#36F24A

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0C03

muted

#7D7D78

Preview Lab

Preview with #555E0D

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

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