#554134 is a muted, warm yellow. On the Color Lab it reads quietly premium, restrained and easy to live with. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #554134 works with other colors. Named schemes with #554134 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Taupe as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Taupe anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Taupe plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Taupe holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Taupe is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Taupe carrying the quiet middle.
How #554134 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #554134 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #554134;
--color-base-rgb: 85 65 52;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(39.3% 0.035 54.5);
--color-50: #F9F7F5;
--color-100: #F0EAE5;
--color-200: #E0D4CC;
--color-300: #C7B5A8;
--color-400: #AD9585;
--color-500: #907665;
--color-600: #705E52;
--color-700: #51453E;
--color-800: #362F2B;
--color-900: #221E1B;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
taupe: {
50: '#F9F7F5',
100: '#F0EAE5',
200: '#E0D4CC',
300: '#C7B5A8',
400: '#AD9585',
500: '#907665',
600: '#705E52',
700: '#51453E',
800: '#362F2B',
900: '#221E1B',
},
}
$base: #554134; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F9F7F5; $base-100: #F0EAE5; $base-200: #E0D4CC; $base-300: #C7B5A8; $base-400: #AD9585; $base-500: #907665; $base-600: #705E52; $base-700: #51453E; $base-800: #362F2B; $base-900: #221E1B; $base-hover: #44342A; $base-subtle: #D1C5BD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#554134",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9F7F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F0EAE5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E0D4CC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C7B5A8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#AD9585",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#907665",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#705E52",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#51453E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#362F2B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#221E1B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}