#55270C#55270C

#55270C is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.078 H 47.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55270C
RGB	rgb(85, 39, 12)
HSL	hsl(22, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(22, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 85.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.61, 19.27, 26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.61, 32.60, 53.77°)
OKLab	oklab(33.15% 0.0526 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(33.15% 0.078 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.5386, 3.4094, 0.7668)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55270C #0C3A55

analogous

#550C16 #55270C #554C0C

triadic

#55270C #0C5527 #270C55

tetradic

#55270C #16550C #0C3A55 #4C0C55

square

#55270C #16550C #0C3A55 #4C0C55

split-complementary

#55270C #0C554C #0C1655

monochromatic

#1B0C04 #1F0E04 #55270C #8B4014 #C0581B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.49

#55270C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#55270C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55270C

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55270C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55270C	1.00	12.49	1.68	12.49
#FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#342D08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F380B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E1D21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55270c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 39, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.078 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a624d',
    500: '#55270c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55270c;
$custom-light: #8a624d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55270c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.192,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33145,
    "c": 0.07802,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55270C

secondary

#2D6B90

accent

#ACF236

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0EAE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0D0501

muted

#7D7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #55270C

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

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