#55400D#55400D

#55400D is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.071 H 84.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55400D
RGB	rgb(85, 64, 13)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(43, 85%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 84.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.45, 3.56, 32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.45, 32.71, 83.75°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% 0.0064 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.071 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.6527, 5.6276, 1.1692)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55400D #0D2255

analogous

#551C0D #55400D #46550D

triadic

#55400D #0D5540 #400D55

tetradic

#55400D #0D551C #0D2255 #550D46

square

#55400D #0D551C #0D2255 #550D46

split-complementary

#55400D #0D4655 #1C0D55

monochromatic

#1B1404 #201805 #55400D #8A6815 #BF901D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#55400D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#55400D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55400D

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55400D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55400D	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)

#494005

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4510

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55400d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 64, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.071 84.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55400d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38453,
    "c": 0.07118,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55400D

secondary

#2E4B90

accent

#6DF038

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0C0802

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55400D

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

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