#55240C#55240C

#55240C is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.081 H 44.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55240C
RGB	rgb(85, 36, 12)
HSL	hsl(20, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(20, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 85.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.91, 21.05, 25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.91, 33.09, 50.48°)
OKLab	oklab(32.6% 0.058 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(32.6% 0.081 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.4440, 3.2202, 0.7353)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55240C #0C3D55

analogous

#550C19 #55240C #55490C

triadic

#55240C #0C5524 #240C55

tetradic

#55240C #19550C #0C3D55 #490C55

square

#55240C #19550C #0C3D55 #490C55

split-complementary

#55240C #0C5549 #0C1955

monochromatic

#1B0B04 #1F0D04 #55240C #8B3B14 #C0511B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.77

#55240C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#55240C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55240C

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55240C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55240C	1.00	12.77	1.64	12.77
#FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322B09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E360B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E191F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55240c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 36, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.081 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a604d',
    500: '#55240c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55240c;
$custom-light: #8a604d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55240c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.726,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32604,
    "c": 0.08073,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55240C

secondary

#2D6F90

accent

#B4F236

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0501

muted

#7D7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #55240C

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

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