#55401B#55401B

#55401B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.060 H 79.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55401B
RGB	rgb(85, 64, 27)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 68.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.58, 4.43, 25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.58, 26.03, 80.21°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.011 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.06 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7779, 5.6776, 1.8283)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55401B #1B3055

analogous

#55231B #55401B #4D551B

triadic

#55401B #1B5540 #401B55

tetradic

#55401B #1B5523 #1B3055 #551B4D

square

#55401B #1B5523 #1B3055 #551B4D

split-complementary

#55401B #1B4D55 #231B55

monochromatic

#171107 #271D0C #55401B #83632A #B28639

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#55401B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#55401B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55401B

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55401B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55401B	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D461C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C3A38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55401b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 64, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.060 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877459',
    500: '#55401b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55401b;
$custom-light: #877459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55401b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.276,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38599,
    "c": 0.06022,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55401B

secondary

#415C8B

accent

#80DB4D

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0C0803

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55401B

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

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