#554E42#554E42

#554E42 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.021 H 81.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E42
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 13%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(38, 22%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 22.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.51, 0.63, 8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.51, 8.19, 85.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.0033 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.021 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4541, 7.7736, 6.2610)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E42 #424955

analogous

#554542 #554E42 #535542

triadic

#554E42 #42554E #4E4255

tetradic

#554E42 #425545 #424955 #554253

square

#554E42 #425545 #424955 #554253

split-complementary

#554E42 #425355 #454255

monochromatic

#11100D #332E27 #554E42 #776E5D #988D7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#554E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#554E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E42

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E42	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#584C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.021 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857f76',
    500: '#554e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e42;
$custom-light: #857f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 12.583,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42704,
    "c": 0.02128,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E42

secondary

#6F7784

accent

#8BB572

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEEED

border

#CAC9C8

text

#0B0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E42

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

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