#555E15#555E15

#555E15 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.094 H 116.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555E15
RGB	rgb(85, 94, 21)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(67, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 77.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.83, -13.95, 38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.83, 40.62, 110.08°)
OKLab	oklab(45.92% -0.042 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(45.92% 0.094 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8846, 9.9910, 2.2224)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555E15 #1E155E

analogous

#5E4215 #555E15 #315E15

triadic

#555E15 #15555E #5E1555

tetradic

#555E15 #155E42 #1E155E #5E1531

square

#555E15 #155E42 #1E155E #5E1531

split-complementary

#555E15 #15315E #42155E

monochromatic

#171906 #282C0A #555E15 #829020 #AFC22B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#555E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#555E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555E15

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555E15	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655907

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B5850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 94, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.094 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878b58',
    500: '#555e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555e15;
$custom-light: #878b58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.397,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45924,
    "c": 0.09444,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555E15

secondary

#453995

accent

#41E756

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0C04

muted

#7D7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #555E15

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

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