#553C12#553C12

#553C12 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.067 H 76.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553C12
RGB	rgb(85, 60, 18)
HSL	hsl(38, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(38, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.32, 6.35, 29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.32, 29.79, 77.69°)
OKLab	oklab(37.58% 0.0152 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(37.58% 0.067 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.4717, 5.2071, 1.2890)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#553C12 #122B55

analogous

#551A12 #553C12 #4C5512

triadic

#553C12 #12553C #3C1255

tetradic

#553C12 #12551A #122B55 #55124C

square

#553C12 #12551A #122B55 #55124C

split-complementary

#553C12 #124C55 #1A1255

monochromatic

#191205 #221807 #553C12 #88601D #BA8327

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#553C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#553C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553C12

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553C12	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4313

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3533

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 60, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.067 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887152',
    500: '#553c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553c12;
$custom-light: #887152;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.612,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37576,
    "c": 0.06658,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553C12

secondary

#35568E

accent

#7FE840

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0ECE7

border

#CBC7C3

text

#0C0702

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #553C12

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

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