#55851B#55851B

#55851B is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.142 H 131.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55851B
RGB	rgb(85, 133, 27)
HSL	hsl(87, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(87, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 0%, 79.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.43, -33.23, 47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.43, 58.37, 124.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% -0.0942 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.142 131.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.3316, 18.7850, 4.0128)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55851B #4B1B85

analogous

#85801B #55851B #20851B

triadic

#55851B #1B5585 #851B55

tetradic

#55851B #1B8580 #4B1B85 #851B20

square

#55851B #1B8580 #4B1B85 #851B20

split-complementary

#55851B #1B2085 #801B85

monochromatic

#141F06 #345211 #55851B #76B825 #94D942

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#55851B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#55851B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55851B

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55851B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55851B	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#567F71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55851b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 133, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.142 131.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a961',
    500: '#55851b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55851b;
$custom-light: #89a961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55851b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.17,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56155,
    "c": 0.14205,
    "h": 131.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55851B

secondary

#7844B8

accent

#3FE98C

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1005

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55851B

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

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