#55420D#55420D

#55420D is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.072 H 87.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55420D
RGB	rgb(85, 66, 13)
HSL	hsl(44, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(44, 85%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 84.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.05, 2.30, 33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.05, 33.15, 86.02°)
OKLab	oklab(38.92% 0.0028 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(38.92% 0.072 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.7675, 5.8572, 1.2075)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55420D #0D2055

analogous

#551E0D #55420D #44550D

triadic

#55420D #0D5542 #420D55

tetradic

#55420D #0D551E #0D2055 #550D44

square

#55420D #0D551E #0D2055 #550D44

split-complementary

#55420D #0D4455 #1E0D55

monochromatic

#1B1504 #201905 #55420D #8A6B15 #BF941D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#55420D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#55420D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55420D

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55420D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55420D	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4104

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504710

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55420d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 66, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.072 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887650',
    500: '#55420d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55420d;
$custom-light: #887650;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55420d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.167,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38922,
    "c": 0.07213,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55420D

secondary

#2E4890

accent

#68F038

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0C0802

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55420D

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

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