#555E17#555E17

#555E17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.093 H 116.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555E17
RGB	rgb(85, 94, 23)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(68, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 75.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.84, -13.83, 37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.84, 39.83, 110.32°)
OKLab	oklab(45.94% -0.0415 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(45.94% 0.093 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9039, 9.9987, 2.3240)
Luminance	0.1000 (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

#555E17 #20175E

analogous

#5E4317 #555E17 #315E17

triadic

#555E17 #17555E #5E1755

tetradic

#555E17 #175E43 #20175E #5E1731

square

#555E17 #175E43 #20175E #5E1731

split-complementary

#555E17 #17315E #43175E

monochromatic

#161906 #292D0B #555E17 #818F23 #AEC02F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#555E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#555E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555E17

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555E17	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)

#65590B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B5850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 94, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.093 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878b59',
    500: '#555e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555e17;
$custom-light: #878b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.606,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4594,
    "c": 0.09304,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555E17

secondary

#473C95

accent

#44E458

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0C04

muted

#7D7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #555E17

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

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