#55400F#55400F

#55400F is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.070 H 84.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55400F
RGB	rgb(85, 64, 15)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 82.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.47, 3.66, 31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.47, 31.87, 83.41°)
OKLab	oklab(38.47% 0.007 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(38.47% 0.07 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.6663, 5.6330, 1.2407)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55400F #0F2455

analogous

#551D0F #55400F #47550F

triadic

#55400F #0F5540 #400F55

tetradic

#55400F #0F551D #0F2455 #550F47

square

#55400F #0F551D #0F2455 #550F47

split-complementary

#55400F #0F4755 #1D0F55

monochromatic

#1A1405 #211906 #55400F #896718 #BD8E21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#55400F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#55400F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55400F

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55400F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55400F	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494007

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4511

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55400f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 64, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.070 84.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55400f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38469,
    "c": 0.0699,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55400F

secondary

#314D8F

accent

#70ED3B

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0C0802

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55400F

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

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