#55400C#55400C

#55400C is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.072 H 85.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55400C
RGB	rgb(85, 64, 12)
HSL	hsl(43, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(43, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 85.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.45, 3.52, 32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.45, 33.11, 83.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% 0.0062 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.072 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.6464, 5.6250, 1.1361)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55400C #0C2155

analogous

#551C0C #55400C #46550C

triadic

#55400C #0C5540 #400C55

tetradic

#55400C #0C551C #0C2155 #550C46

square

#55400C #0C551C #0C2155 #550C46

split-complementary

#55400C #0C4655 #1C0C55

monochromatic

#1B1404 #1F1804 #55400C #8B6814 #C0911B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#55400C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#55400C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55400C

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55400C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55400C	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494003

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E450F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55400c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 64, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.072 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887450',
    500: '#55400c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55400c;
$custom-light: #887450;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55400c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.74,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38446,
    "c": 0.07178,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55400C

secondary

#2D4990

accent

#6CF236

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0C0802

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55400C

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

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