#5D552C#5D552C

#5D552C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.060 H 98.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D552C
RGB	rgb(93, 85, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 36%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 52.7%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.00, -3.03, 24.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.00, 25.12, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.72% -0.0089 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(44.72% 0.06 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2176, 9.0063, 3.6879)
Luminance	0.0901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D552C #2C345D

analogous

#5D3D2C #5D552C #4D5D2C

triadic

#5D552C #2C5D55 #552C5D

tetradic

#5D552C #2C5D3D #2C345D #5D2C4D

square

#5D552C #2C5D3D #2C345D #5D2C4D

split-complementary

#5D552C #2C4D5D #3D2C5D

monochromatic

#15130A #332F18 #5D552C #877B40 #AFA055

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#5D552C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#5D552C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D552C

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D552C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D552C	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E562E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63504B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d552c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 85, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.060 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8466',
    500: '#5d552c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d552c;
$custom-light: #8c8466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d552c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 35.766,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44721,
    "c": 0.06019,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D552C

secondary

#565F8F

accent

#6ECC5C

background

#F8F8F6

surface

#F0EFEB

border

#CBCAC6

text

#0C0A06

muted

#7D7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D552C

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

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