#555E19#555E19

#555E19 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.092 H 116.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555E19
RGB	rgb(85, 94, 25)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 73.4%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.85, -13.70, 36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.85, 39.00, 110.57°)
OKLab	oklab(45.96% -0.0409 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(45.96% 0.092 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9247, 10.0070, 2.4336)
Luminance	0.1001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555E19 #22195E

analogous

#5E4419 #555E19 #325E19

triadic

#555E19 #19555E #5E1955

tetradic

#555E19 #195E44 #22195E #5E1932

square

#555E19 #195E44 #22195E #5E1932

split-complementary

#555E19 #19325E #44195E

monochromatic

#161806 #292E0C #555E19 #818E26 #ACBF33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#555E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#555E19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555E19

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555E19	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)

#65590E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B5850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 94, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.092 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878b5a',
    500: '#555e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555e19;
$custom-light: #878b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.826,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45956,
    "c": 0.09155,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555E19

secondary

#4A3F94

accent

#47E15B

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0B0C04

muted

#7C7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #555E19

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

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