#554D42#554D42

#554D42 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.021 H 75.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D42
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 13%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(35, 22%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 22.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, 1.25, 7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 7.84, 80.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.005 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.021 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3836, 7.6326, 6.2375)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D42 #424A55

analogous

#554442 #554D42 #545542

triadic

#554D42 #42554D #4D4255

tetradic

#554D42 #425544 #424A55 #554254

square

#554D42 #425544 #424A55 #554254

split-complementary

#554D42 #425455 #444255

monochromatic

#11100D #332E27 #554D42 #776C5D #988B7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#554D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#554D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D42

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D42	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#584B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.021 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857e76',
    500: '#554d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d42;
$custom-light: #857e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.737,
    "s": 12.583,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42468,
    "c": 0.02059,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D42

secondary

#6F7884

accent

#8FB572

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEEED

border

#CAC9C8

text

#0B0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D42

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

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