#553D12#553D12

#553D12 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.067 H 78.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553D12
RGB	rgb(85, 61, 18)
HSL	hsl(39, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.61, 5.72, 29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.61, 29.95, 79.00°)
OKLab	oklab(37.8% 0.0134 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(37.8% 0.067 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5246, 5.3129, 1.3067)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#553D12 #122A55

analogous

#551B12 #553D12 #4C5512

triadic

#553D12 #12553D #3D1255

tetradic

#553D12 #12551B #122A55 #55124C

square

#553D12 #12551B #122A55 #55124C

split-complementary

#553D12 #124C55 #1B1255

monochromatic

#191205 #221907 #553D12 #88611D #BA8527

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#553D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#553D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553D12

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553D12	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4414

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3634

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 61, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.067 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887253',
    500: '#553d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553d12;
$custom-light: #887253;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.507,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37804,
    "c": 0.0668,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553D12

secondary

#35558E

accent

#7CE840

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0ECE7

border

#CBC7C3

text

#0C0702

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #553D12

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

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