#553E16#553E16

#553E16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.064 H 78.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553E16
RGB	rgb(85, 62, 22)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 74.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.94, 5.33, 27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.94, 28.19, 79.10°)
OKLab	oklab(38.07% 0.0128 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(38.07% 0.064 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6141, 5.4349, 1.5122)
Luminance	0.0543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#553E16 #162D55

analogous

#551E16 #553E16 #4C5516

triadic

#553E16 #16553E #3E1655

tetradic

#553E16 #16551E #162D55 #55164C

square

#553E16 #16551E #162D55 #55164C

split-complementary

#553E16 #164C55 #1E1655

monochromatic

#181206 #241B09 #553E16 #866123 #B6852F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#553E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#553E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553E16

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553E16	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3835

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 62, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.064 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887355',
    500: '#553e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553e16;
$custom-light: #887355;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.095,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38075,
    "c": 0.06395,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553E16

secondary

#3A588C

accent

#7FE246

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0ECE9

border

#CBC7C5

text

#0C0803

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #553E16

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

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