#55381C#55381C

#55381C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.059 H 63.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55381C
RGB	rgb(85, 56, 28)
HSL	hsl(29, 50%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(29, 67%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 67.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.29, 9.60, 22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.29, 24.40, 66.83°)
OKLab	oklab(36.81% 0.0264 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(36.81% 0.059 63.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.3704, 4.8439, 1.7505)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55381C #1C3955

analogous

#551C1D #55381C #55551C

triadic

#55381C #1C5538 #381C55

tetradic

#55381C #1D551C #1C3955 #551C55

square

#55381C #1D551C #1C3955 #551C55

split-complementary

#55381C #1C5555 #1C1D55

monochromatic

#170F08 #271A0D #55381C #83562B #B1753A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#55381C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#55381C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55381C

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55381C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55381C	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)

#413A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48411C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55381c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 56, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.059 63.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886e59',
    500: '#55381c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55381c;
$custom-light: #886e59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55381c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.474,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36808,
    "c": 0.05868,
    "h": 63.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55381C

secondary

#42678B

accent

#95DA4E

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0703

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55381C

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

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