#55270E#55270E

#55270E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.077 H 46.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55270E
RGB	rgb(85, 39, 14)
HSL	hsl(21, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(21, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.63, 19.36, 25.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.63, 31.90, 52.64°)
OKLab	oklab(33.17% 0.0532 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(33.17% 0.077 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.5515, 3.4146, 0.8348)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55270E #0E3C55

analogous

#550E19 #55270E #554B0E

triadic

#55270E #0E5527 #270E55

tetradic

#55270E #19550E #0E3C55 #4B0E55

square

#55270E #19550E #0E3C55 #4B0E55

split-complementary

#55270E #0E554B #0E1955

monochromatic

#1A0C04 #200F05 #55270E #8A3F17 #BE571F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.48

#55270E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#55270E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55270E

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55270E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55270E	1.00	12.48	1.68	12.48
#FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#342E0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F380D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E1D22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55270e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 39, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.077 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a624e',
    500: '#55270e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55270e;
$custom-light: #8a624e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55270e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.127,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33166,
    "c": 0.07722,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55270E

secondary

#306E8F

accent

#AFEE39

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0EAE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0501

muted

#7D7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #55270E

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

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