#554E41#554E41

#554E41 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.023 H 83.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E41
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 65)
HSL	hsl(39, 13%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(39, 24%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 23.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.48, 0.46, 8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.48, 8.77, 87.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% 0.0028 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.023 83)
XYZ	xyz(7.4248, 7.7619, 6.1071)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E41 #414855

analogous

#554441 #554E41 #525541

triadic

#554E41 #41554E #4E4155

tetradic

#554E41 #415544 #414855 #554152

square

#554E41 #415544 #414855 #554152

split-complementary

#554E41 #415255 #444155

monochromatic

#11100D #322E26 #554E41 #786E5C #988D78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#554E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#554E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E41

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E41	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#594C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.023 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857f75',
    500: '#554e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e41;
$custom-light: #857f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42677,
    "c": 0.02268,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.07762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E41

secondary

#6E7684

accent

#8AB672

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEEED

border

#CAC9C8

text

#0B0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E41

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

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