#555E16#555E16

#555E16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.094 H 116.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555E16
RGB	rgb(85, 94, 22)
HSL	hsl(68, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(68, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 76.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.83, -13.89, 37.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.83, 40.23, 110.20°)
OKLab	oklab(45.93% -0.0418 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(45.93% 0.094 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8940, 9.9947, 2.2722)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555E16 #1F165E

analogous

#5E4316 #555E16 #315E16

triadic

#555E16 #16555E #5E1655

tetradic

#555E16 #165E43 #1F165E #5E1631

square

#555E16 #165E43 #1F165E #5E1631

split-complementary

#555E16 #16315E #43165E

monochromatic

#161906 #282C0A #555E16 #829022 #AFC12D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#555E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#555E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555E16

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555E16	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)

#655909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645A1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B5850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 94, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.094 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878b59',
    500: '#555e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555e16;
$custom-light: #878b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45932,
    "c": 0.09375,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555E16

secondary

#463B95

accent

#43E557

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0C04

muted

#7D7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #555E16

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

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