#553D0E#553D0E

#553D0E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.070 H 79.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553D0E
RGB	rgb(85, 61, 14)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(40, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.58, 5.51, 31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.58, 31.74, 80.01°)
OKLab	oklab(37.77% 0.0122 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(37.77% 0.07 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4947, 5.3009, 1.1492)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#553D0E #0E2655

analogous

#55190E #553D0E #4A550E

triadic

#553D0E #0E553D #3D0E55

tetradic

#553D0E #0E5519 #0E2655 #550E4A

square

#553D0E #0E5519 #0E2655 #550E4A

split-complementary

#553D0E #0E4A55 #190E55

monochromatic

#1A1304 #201705 #553D0E #8A6317 #BE881F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#553D0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#553D0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553D0E

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553D0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553D0E	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4410

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3634

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553d0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 61, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.070 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887250',
    500: '#553d0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553d0e;
$custom-light: #887250;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553d0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.718,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37767,
    "c": 0.06953,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553D0E

secondary

#30508F

accent

#77EE39

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0ECE7

border

#CBC7C3

text

#0C0702

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #553D0E

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

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