#553E12#553E12

#553E12 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.067 H 80.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553E12
RGB	rgb(85, 62, 18)
HSL	hsl(39, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.90, 5.08, 29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.90, 30.13, 80.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.03% 0.0115 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(38.03% 0.067 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5785, 5.4206, 1.3246)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#553E12 #122955

analogous

#551C12 #553E12 #4A5512

triadic

#553E12 #12553E #3E1255

tetradic

#553E12 #12551C #122955 #55124A

square

#553E12 #12551C #122955 #55124A

split-complementary

#553E12 #124A55 #1C1255

monochromatic

#191205 #221907 #553E12 #88631D #BA8827

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08

#553E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#553E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553E12

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553E12	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)

#473E0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4414

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3735

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 62, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.067 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887353',
    500: '#553e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553e12;
$custom-light: #887353;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.403,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38033,
    "c": 0.06707,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553E12

secondary

#35538E

accent

#7AE840

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0ECE7

border

#CBC7C3

text

#0C0802

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #553E12

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

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