#5C550F#5C550F

#5C550F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.086 H 103.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C550F
RGB	rgb(92, 85, 15)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(55, 84%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 83.7%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.61, -5.65, 38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.61, 38.98, 98.34°)
OKLab	oklab(44.3% -0.0199 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(44.3% 0.086 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7487, 8.8071, 1.7436)
Luminance	0.0881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C550F #0F165C

analogous

#5C2E0F #5C550F #3C5C0F

triadic

#5C550F #0F5C55 #550F5C

tetradic

#5C550F #0F5C2E #0F165C #5C0F3C

square

#5C550F #0F5C2E #0F165C #5C0F3C

split-complementary

#5C550F #0F3C5C #2E0F5C

monochromatic

#1A1804 #272406 #5C550F #918618 #C5B620

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#5C550F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#5C550F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C550F

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C550F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C550F	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5201

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605515

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#644E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c550f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 85, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.086 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d8454',
    500: '#5c550f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c550f;
$custom-light: #8d8454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c550f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 71.963,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44299,
    "c": 0.08629,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C550F

secondary

#313A95

accent

#4AEF39

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0EFE9

border

#CBCAC5

text

#0D0A03

muted

#7D7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C550F

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

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