#55381B#55381B

#55381B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.059 H 64.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55381B
RGB	rgb(85, 56, 27)
HSL	hsl(30, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(30, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 68.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.27, 9.52, 23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.27, 24.90, 67.52°)
OKLab	oklab(36.79% 0.026 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(36.79% 0.059 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.3587, 4.8392, 1.6885)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55381B #1B3855

analogous

#551B1B #55381B #55551B

triadic

#55381B #1B5538 #381B55

tetradic

#55381B #1B551B #1B3855 #551B55

square

#55381B #1B551B #1B3855 #551B55

split-complementary

#55381B #1B5555 #1B1B55

monochromatic

#170F07 #27190C #55381B #83572A #B27539

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#55381B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#55381B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55381B

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55381B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55381B	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48411B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55381b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 56, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.059 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886e58',
    500: '#55381b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55381b;
$custom-light: #886e58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55381b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36793,
    "c": 0.05949,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55381B

secondary

#41668B

accent

#94DB4D

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0703

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55381B

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

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