#55230E#55230E

#55230E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.081 H 41.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55230E
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 14)
HSL	hsl(18, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(18, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.70, 21.73, 24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.70, 32.62, 48.24°)
OKLab	oklab(32.45% 0.0604 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(32.45% 0.081 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.4271, 3.1656, 0.7933)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55230E #0E4055

analogous

#550E1D #55230E #55470E

triadic

#55230E #0E5523 #230E55

tetradic

#55230E #1D550E #0E4055 #470E55

square

#55230E #1D550E #0E4055 #470E55

split-complementary

#55230E #0E5547 #0E1D55

monochromatic

#1A0B04 #200D05 #55230E #8A3917 #BE4E1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.86

#55230E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#55230E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55230E

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55230E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55230E	1.00	12.86	1.63	12.86
#FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D360D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E181F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55230e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.081 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5f4e',
    500: '#55230e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55230e;
$custom-light: #8a5f4e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55230e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.746,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3245,
    "c": 0.08097,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55230E

secondary

#30738F

accent

#B9EE39

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0401

muted

#7D7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #55230E

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

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