#55250C#55250C

#55250C is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.080 H 45.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55250C
RGB	rgb(85, 37, 12)
HSL	hsl(21, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(21, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 85.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.14, 20.47, 25.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.14, 32.92, 51.56°)
OKLab	oklab(32.78% 0.0562 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(32.78% 0.08 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.4747, 3.2815, 0.7455)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55250C #0C3C55

analogous

#550C18 #55250C #554A0C

triadic

#55250C #0C5525 #250C55

tetradic

#55250C #18550C #0C3C55 #4A0C55

square

#55250C #18550C #0C3C55 #4A0C55

split-complementary

#55250C #0C554A #0C1855

monochromatic

#1B0C04 #1F0E04 #55250C #8B3C14 #C0541B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.68

#55250C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#55250C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55250C

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55250C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55250C	1.00	12.68	1.66	12.68
#FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#332C09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E370B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E1A20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55250c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 37, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.080 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a604d',
    500: '#55250c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55250c;
$custom-light: #8a604d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55250c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.548,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32781,
    "c": 0.07979,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55250C

secondary

#2D6E90

accent

#B2F236

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0501

muted

#7D7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #55250C

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

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