#553E11#553E11

#553E11 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.068 H 80.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553E11
RGB	rgb(85, 62, 17)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(40, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.89, 5.03, 30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.89, 30.59, 80.54°)
OKLab	oklab(38.02% 0.0112 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(38.02% 0.068 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5705, 5.4174, 1.2825)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#553E11 #112855

analogous

#551C11 #553E11 #4A5511

triadic

#553E11 #11553E #3E1155

tetradic

#553E11 #11551C #112855 #55114A

square

#553E11 #11551C #112855 #55114A

split-complementary

#553E11 #114A55 #1C1155

monochromatic

#1A1305 #221907 #553E11 #88631B #BB8825

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08

#553E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#553E11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553E11

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553E11	1.00	10.08	2.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473E0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4413

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3735

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 62, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.068 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887352',
    500: '#553e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553e11;
$custom-light: #887352;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.706,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38023,
    "c": 0.06779,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553E11

secondary

#34528E

accent

#78EA3E

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0ECE7

border

#CBC7C3

text

#0C0802

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #553E11

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

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