#55401D#55401D

#55401D is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.058 H 78.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55401D
RGB	rgb(85, 64, 29)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 65.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, 4.59, 24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 24.97, 79.41°)
OKLab	oklab(38.63% 0.0118 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(38.63% 0.058 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8018, 5.6872, 1.9543)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55401D #1D3255

analogous

#55241D #55401D #4E551D

triadic

#55401D #1D5540 #401D55

tetradic

#55401D #1D5524 #1D3255 #551D4E

square

#55401D #1D5524 #1D3255 #551D4E

split-complementary

#55401D #1D4E55 #241D55

monochromatic

#171108 #271E0D #55401D #83622D #B0853C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#55401D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#55401D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55401D

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55401D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55401D	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)

#48401A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D461E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C3A38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55401d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 64, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.058 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87745a',
    500: '#55401d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55401d;
$custom-light: #87745a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55401d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38626,
    "c": 0.05833,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55401D

secondary

#445E8A

accent

#83D94F

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0B0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #55401D

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

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