#55420F#55420F

#55420F is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.071 H 87.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55420F
RGB	rgb(85, 66, 15)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 82.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.06, 2.40, 32.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.06, 32.32, 85.75°)
OKLab	oklab(38.94% 0.0034 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(38.94% 0.071 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.7811, 5.8626, 1.2789)
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

#55420F #0F2255

analogous

#551F0F #55420F #45550F

triadic

#55420F #0F5542 #420F55

tetradic

#55420F #0F551F #0F2255 #550F45

square

#55420F #0F551F #0F2255 #550F45

split-complementary

#55420F #0F4555 #1F0F55

monochromatic

#1A1405 #211A06 #55420F #896A18 #BD9321

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#55420F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#55420F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55420F

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#4B4207

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4712

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55420f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 66, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.071 87.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55420f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38938,
    "c": 0.07085,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55420F

secondary

#314A8F

accent

#6BED3B

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0C0802

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55420F

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

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