#554D40#554D40

#554D40 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.023 H 79.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D40
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 14%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(37, 25%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 24.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.16, 0.91, 8.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.16, 8.98, 84.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.0041 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.023 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3256, 7.6094, 5.9324)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D40 #404855

analogous

#554340 #554D40 #535540

triadic

#554D40 #40554D #4D4055

tetradic

#554D40 #405543 #404855 #554053

square

#554D40 #405543 #404855 #554053

split-complementary

#554D40 #405355 #434055

monochromatic

#11100D #322D26 #554D40 #786D5A #998C77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#554D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#554D40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D40

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D40	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#594B49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.023 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857e74',
    500: '#554d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d40;
$custom-light: #857e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 14.094,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42412,
    "c": 0.02329,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D40

secondary

#6D7684

accent

#8CB771

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEEED

border

#CAC9C8

text

#0B0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D40

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

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