#55451F#55451F

#55451F is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.059 H 86.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55451F
RGB	rgb(85, 69, 31)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 63.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.12, 1.61, 25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.12, 25.21, 86.33°)
OKLab	oklab(39.83% 0.0034 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(39.83% 0.059 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1220, 6.2868, 2.1871)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55451F #1F2F55

analogous

#552A1F #55451F #4A551F

triadic

#55451F #1F5545 #451F55

tetradic

#55451F #1F552A #1F2F55 #551F4A

square

#55451F #1F552A #1F2F55 #551F4A

split-complementary

#55451F #1F4A55 #2A1F55

monochromatic

#161208 #28210F #55451F #82692F #AF8E40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#55451F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#55451F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55451F

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55451F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55451F	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D441B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514920

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C3F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55451f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 69, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.059 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87785c',
    500: '#55451f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55451f;
$custom-light: #87785c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55451f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.222,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39825,
    "c": 0.05883,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55451F

secondary

#465A8A

accent

#79D652

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0B0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #55451F

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

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