#555E0E#555E0E

#555E0E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.099 H 116.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555E0E
RGB	rgb(85, 94, 14)
HSL	hsl(67, 74%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(67, 85%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 85.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.79, -14.29, 40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.79, 43.05, 109.38°)
OKLab	oklab(45.88% -0.0436 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(45.88% 0.099 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8285, 9.9685, 1.9271)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555E0E #170E5E

analogous

#5E3F0E #555E0E #2D5E0E

triadic

#555E0E #0E555E #5E0E55

tetradic

#555E0E #0E5E3F #170E5E #5E0E2D

square

#555E0E #0E5E3F #170E5E #5E0E2D

split-complementary

#555E0E #0E2D5E #3F0E5E

monochromatic

#181B04 #252906 #555E0E #859316 #B5C91E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#555E0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#555E0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555E0E

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555E0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555E0E	1.00	7.01	2.99	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645916

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B584F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555e0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 94, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.099 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888b55',
    500: '#555e0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555e0e;
$custom-light: #888b55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555e0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.75,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45879,
    "c": 0.09861,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555E0E

secondary

#3C3098

accent

#37F14C

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0C03

muted

#7D7D78

Preview Lab

Preview with #555E0E

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

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