#55421B#55421B

#55421B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.061 H 83.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55421B
RGB	rgb(85, 66, 27)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 68.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.18, 3.16, 26.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.18, 26.51, 83.15°)
OKLab	oklab(39.06% 0.0073 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(39.06% 0.061 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8927, 5.9072, 1.8665)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55421B #1B2E55

analogous

#55251B #55421B #4B551B

triadic

#55421B #1B5542 #421B55

tetradic

#55421B #1B5525 #1B2E55 #551B4B

square

#55421B #1B5525 #1B2E55 #551B4B

split-complementary

#55421B #1B4B55 #251B55

monochromatic

#171207 #271E0C #55421B #83662A #B28A39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#55421B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#55421B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55421B

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55421B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55421B	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)

#4A4217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F471C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C3C39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55421b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 66, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.061 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877659',
    500: '#55421b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55421b;
$custom-light: #877659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55421b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.345,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39064,
    "c": 0.06108,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55421B

secondary

#41598B

accent

#7BDB4D

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0C0803

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #55421B

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

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