#553D16#553D16

#553D16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.064 H 76.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553D16
RGB	rgb(85, 61, 22)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 74.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.65, 5.96, 27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.65, 28.01, 77.71°)
OKLab	oklab(37.85% 0.0147 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(37.85% 0.064 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.5602, 5.3271, 1.4943)
Luminance	0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#553D16 #162E55

analogous

#551D16 #553D16 #4D5516

triadic

#553D16 #16553D #3D1655

tetradic

#553D16 #16551D #162E55 #55164D

square

#553D16 #16551D #162E55 #55164D

split-complementary

#553D16 #164D55 #1D1655

monochromatic

#181106 #241A09 #553D16 #866023 #B6832F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#553D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#553D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553D16

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553D16	1.00	10.17	2.07	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3635

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 61, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.064 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887255',
    500: '#553d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553d16;
$custom-light: #887255;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37846,
    "c": 0.06371,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553D16

secondary

#3A5A8C

accent

#81E246

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0ECE9

border

#CBC7C5

text

#0C0703

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #553D16

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

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