#55420E#55420E

#55420E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.072 H 87.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55420E
RGB	rgb(85, 66, 14)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(44, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.06, 2.35, 32.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.06, 32.74, 85.89°)
OKLab	oklab(38.93% 0.0031 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(38.93% 0.072 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7741, 5.8598, 1.2423)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55420E #0E2155

analogous

#551F0E #55420E #45550E

triadic

#55420E #0E5542 #420E55

tetradic

#55420E #0E551F #0E2155 #550E45

square

#55420E #0E551F #0E2155 #550E45

split-complementary

#55420E #0E4555 #1F0E55

monochromatic

#1A1404 #201905 #55420E #8A6B17 #BE941F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#55420E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#55420E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55420E

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55420E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55420E	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)

#4B4205

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504711

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55420e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 66, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.072 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887651',
    500: '#55420e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55420e;
$custom-light: #887651;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55420e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.944,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3893,
    "c": 0.07151,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55420E

secondary

#30498F

accent

#6AEE39

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0C0802

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55420E

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

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