#55422B#55422B

#55422B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.044 H 71.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55422B
RGB	rgb(85, 66, 43)
HSL	hsl(33, 33%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(33, 49%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 49.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.42, 4.75, 17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.42, 17.75, 74.47°)
OKLab	oklab(39.33% 0.0142 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(39.33% 0.044 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1308, 6.0025, 3.1207)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55422B #2B3E55

analogous

#552D2B #55422B #53552B

triadic

#55422B #2B5542 #422B55

tetradic

#55422B #2B552D #2B3E55 #552B53

square

#55422B #2B552D #2B3E55 #552B53

split-complementary

#55422B #2B5355 #2D2B55

monochromatic

#14100A #2C2216 #55422B #7E6240 #A68154

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#55422B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#55422B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55422B

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55422B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55422B	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D472C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B3D3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55422b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 66, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.044 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#867664',
    500: '#55422b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55422b;
$custom-light: #867664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55422b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.857,
    "s": 32.812,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39332,
    "c": 0.04425,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55422B

secondary

#556B87

accent

#8FC95F

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEDEB

border

#CAC8C6

text

#0B0805

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55422B

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

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