#553516#553516

#553516 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.064 H 62.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553516
RGB	rgb(85, 53, 22)
HSL	hsl(30, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(30, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 74.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.37, 11.06, 24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.37, 27.24, 66.04°)
OKLab	oklab(36.07% 0.0298 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(36.07% 0.064 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.1646, 4.5359, 1.3624)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#553516 #163655

analogous

#551616 #553516 #555416

triadic

#553516 #165535 #351655

tetradic

#553516 #165516 #163655 #541655

square

#553516 #165516 #163655 #541655

split-complementary

#553516 #165554 #161655

monochromatic

#180F06 #241709 #553516 #865323 #B6722F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#553516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#553516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553516

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553516	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#473F16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2E2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 53, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.064 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886c54',
    500: '#553516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553516;
$custom-light: #886c54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.524,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36072,
    "c": 0.06403,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553516

secondary

#3A648C

accent

#95E246

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE8

border

#CBC6C4

text

#0C0703

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #553516

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

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