#553C0D#553C0D

#553C0D is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.070 H 78.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553C0D
RGB	rgb(85, 60, 13)
HSL	hsl(39, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(39, 85%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 84.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.28, 6.10, 31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.28, 32.01, 79.02°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.0138 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.07 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4352, 5.1925, 1.0967)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#553C0D #0D2655

analogous

#55180D #553C0D #4A550D

triadic

#553C0D #0D553C #3C0D55

tetradic

#553C0D #0D5518 #0D2655 #550D4A

square

#553C0D #0D5518 #0D2655 #550D4A

split-complementary

#553C0D #0D4A55 #180D55

monochromatic

#1B1304 #201705 #553C0D #8A6115 #BF871D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#553C0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#553C0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553C0D

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553C0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553C0D	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463D06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C430F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3533

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553c0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 60, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.070 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887150',
    500: '#553c0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553c0d;
$custom-light: #887150;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553c0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.167,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37531,
    "c": 0.06991,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553C0D

secondary

#2E5090

accent

#78F038

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0ECE7

border

#CBC7C3

text

#0C0702

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #553C0D

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

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