#555E14#555E14

#555E14 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.095 H 116.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555E14
RGB	rgb(85, 94, 20)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(67, 79%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 78.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.82, -14.00, 38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.82, 40.99, 109.97°)
OKLab	oklab(45.92% -0.0423 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(45.92% 0.095 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8755, 9.9873, 2.1746)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555E14 #1D145E

analogous

#5E4214 #555E14 #305E14

triadic

#555E14 #14555E #5E1455

tetradic

#555E14 #145E42 #1D145E #5E1430

square

#555E14 #145E42 #1D145E #5E1430

split-complementary

#555E14 #14305E #42145E

monochromatic

#171905 #272C09 #555E14 #83901F #B0C329

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#555E14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#555E14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555E14

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555E14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555E14	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)

#655905

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64591A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B5850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555e14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 94, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.095 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878b58',
    500: '#555e14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555e14;
$custom-light: #878b58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555e14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.297,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45917,
    "c": 0.09511,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555E14

secondary

#443896

accent

#40E854

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0C03

muted

#7D7D78

Preview Lab

Preview with #555E14

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

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