#55421A#55421A

#55421A is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.062 H 83.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55421A
RGB	rgb(85, 66, 26)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 69.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.17, 3.08, 26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.17, 27.04, 83.45°)
OKLab	oklab(39.05% 0.0069 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(39.05% 0.062 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.8813, 5.9027, 1.8066)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55421A #1A2D55

analogous

#55251A #55421A #4B551A

triadic

#55421A #1A5542 #421A55

tetradic

#55421A #1A5525 #1A2D55 #551A4B

square

#55421A #1A5525 #1A2D55 #551A4B

split-complementary

#55421A #1A4B55 #251A55

monochromatic

#171207 #261E0C #55421A #846628 #B38B37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#55421A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#55421A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55421A

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55421A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55421A	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F471B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C3C39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55421a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 66, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.062 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877658',
    500: '#55421a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55421a;
$custom-light: #877658;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55421a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.678,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39051,
    "c": 0.06202,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55421A

secondary

#40588B

accent

#7ADD4B

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0C0803

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55421A

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

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