#55400E#55400E

#55400E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.071 H 84.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55400E
RGB	rgb(85, 64, 14)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(42, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.46, 3.61, 32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.46, 32.30, 83.59°)
OKLab	oklab(38.46% 0.0067 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(38.46% 0.071 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6593, 5.6302, 1.2040)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55400E #0E2355

analogous

#551D0E #55400E #47550E

triadic

#55400E #0E5540 #400E55

tetradic

#55400E #0E551D #0E2355 #550E47

square

#55400E #0E551D #0E2355 #550E47

split-complementary

#55400E #0E4755 #1D0E55

monochromatic

#1A1404 #201805 #55400E #8A6817 #BE8F1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#55400E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#55400E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55400E

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#494006

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4510

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55400e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 64, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.071 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887451',
    500: '#55400e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55400e;
$custom-light: #887451;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55400e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.254,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38461,
    "c": 0.07056,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55400E

secondary

#304C8F

accent

#6FEE39

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0C0802

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55400E

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

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