#555E12#555E12

#555E12 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.096 H 116.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555E12
RGB	rgb(85, 94, 18)
HSL	hsl(67, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(67, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 80.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.81, -14.11, 39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.81, 41.72, 109.76°)
OKLab	oklab(45.9% -0.0428 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(45.9% 0.096 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8584, 9.9805, 2.0846)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555E12 #1B125E

analogous

#5E4112 #555E12 #2F5E12

triadic

#555E12 #12555E #5E1255

tetradic

#555E12 #125E41 #1B125E #5E122F

square

#555E12 #125E41 #1B125E #5E122F

split-complementary

#555E12 #122F5E #41125E

monochromatic

#171A05 #272B08 #555E12 #83911C #B2C526

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#555E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#555E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555E12

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555E12	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655902

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B5850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 94, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.096 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888b57',
    500: '#555e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555e12;
$custom-light: #888b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.105,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45903,
    "c": 0.09637,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555E12

secondary

#413596

accent

#3DEB52

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0C03

muted

#7D7D78

Preview Lab

Preview with #555E12

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

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