#55280E#55280E

#55280E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.076 H 47.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55280E
RGB	rgb(85, 40, 14)
HSL	hsl(22, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(22, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.88, 18.75, 25.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.88, 31.75, 53.80°)
OKLab	oklab(33.35% 0.0514 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(33.35% 0.076 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.5848, 3.4811, 0.8459)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55280E #0E3B55

analogous

#550E18 #55280E #554C0E

triadic

#55280E #0E5528 #280E55

tetradic

#55280E #18550E #0E3B55 #4C0E55

square

#55280E #18550E #0E3B55 #4C0E55

split-complementary

#55280E #0E554C #0E1855

monochromatic

#1A0C04 #200F05 #55280E #8A4117 #BE591F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#55280E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#55280E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55280E

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55280E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55280E	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#352E0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40380D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E1E23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55280e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 40, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.076 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a634e',
    500: '#55280e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55280e;
$custom-light: #8a634e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55280e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.972,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33351,
    "c": 0.07636,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55280E

secondary

#306C8F

accent

#ACEE39

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0EAE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0501

muted

#7D7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #55280E

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

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