#555E18#555E18

#555E18 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.092 H 116.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555E18
RGB	rgb(85, 94, 24)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 74.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.85, -13.77, 36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.85, 39.42, 110.44°)
OKLab	oklab(45.95% -0.0412 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(45.95% 0.092 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9141, 10.0028, 2.3778)
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

#555E18 #21185E

analogous

#5E4418 #555E18 #325E18

triadic

#555E18 #18555E #5E1855

tetradic

#555E18 #185E44 #21185E #5E1832

square

#555E18 #185E44 #21185E #5E1832

split-complementary

#555E18 #18325E #44185E

monochromatic

#161806 #292D0C #555E18 #818F24 #ADC031

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#555E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#555E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555E18

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555E18	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)

#65590D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B5850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 94, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.092 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878b5a',
    500: '#555e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555e18;
$custom-light: #878b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.714,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45948,
    "c": 0.0923,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555E18

secondary

#493D94

accent

#45E35A

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0C04

muted

#7D7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #555E18

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

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