#554D41#554D41

#554D41 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.022 H 78.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D41
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 65)
HSL	hsl(36, 13%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(36, 24%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 23.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.18, 1.08, 8.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.18, 8.40, 82.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% 0.0046 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.022 78)
XYZ	xyz(7.3543, 7.6209, 6.0836)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D41 #414955

analogous

#554341 #554D41 #535541

triadic

#554D41 #41554D #4D4155

tetradic

#554D41 #415543 #414955 #554153

square

#554D41 #415543 #414955 #554153

split-complementary

#554D41 #415355 #434155

monochromatic

#11100D #322E26 #554D41 #786C5C #988B78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#554D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#554D41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D41

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D41	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#594B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.022 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857e75',
    500: '#554d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d41;
$custom-light: #857e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4244,
    "c": 0.02194,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.07621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D41

secondary

#6E7784

accent

#8DB672

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEEED

border

#CAC9C8

text

#0B0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D41

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

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