#553C0E#553C0E

#553C0E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.069 H 78.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553C0E
RGB	rgb(85, 60, 14)
HSL	hsl(39, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(39, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.28, 6.14, 30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.28, 31.59, 78.79°)
OKLab	oklab(37.54% 0.014 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(37.54% 0.069 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4418, 5.1952, 1.1315)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#553C0E #0E2755

analogous

#55190E #553C0E #4B550E

triadic

#553C0E #0E553C #3C0E55

tetradic

#553C0E #0E5519 #0E2755 #550E4B

square

#553C0E #0E5519 #0E2755 #550E4B

split-complementary

#553C0E #0E4B55 #190E55

monochromatic

#1A1304 #201705 #553C0E #8A6117 #BE861F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#553C0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#553C0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553C0E

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553C0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553C0E	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)

#463D07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4310

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3533

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553c0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 60, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.069 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887150',
    500: '#553c0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553c0e;
$custom-light: #887150;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553c0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.873,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37539,
    "c": 0.06929,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553C0E

secondary

#30518F

accent

#79EE39

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0ECE7

border

#CBC7C3

text

#0C0702

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #553C0E

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

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