#55451D#55451D

#55451D is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.061 H 87.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55451D
RGB	rgb(85, 69, 29)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 65.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.10, 1.44, 26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.10, 26.29, 86.86°)
OKLab	oklab(39.8% 0.0026 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(39.8% 0.061 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0965, 6.2766, 2.0525)
Luminance	0.0628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55451D #1D2D55

analogous

#55291D #55451D #49551D

triadic

#55451D #1D5545 #451D55

tetradic

#55451D #1D5529 #1D2D55 #551D49

square

#55451D #1D5529 #1D2D55 #551D49

split-complementary

#55451D #1D4955 #291D55

monochromatic

#171308 #27200D #55451D #836A2D #B08F3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#55451D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#55451D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55451D

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55451D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55451D	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51491F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C3F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55451d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 69, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.061 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87785a',
    500: '#55451d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55451d;
$custom-light: #87785a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55451d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39797,
    "c": 0.06086,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55451D

secondary

#44588A

accent

#76D94F

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0B0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #55451D

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

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