#554F40#554F40

#554F40 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.025 H 88.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554F40
RGB	rgb(85, 79, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 14%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(43, 25%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 24.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.76, -0.33, 9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.76, 9.78, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% 0.0005 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.025 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4677, 7.8936, 5.9797)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554F40 #404655

analogous

#554540 #554F40 #515540

triadic

#554F40 #40554F #4F4055

tetradic

#554F40 #405545 #404655 #554051

square

#554F40 #405545 #404655 #554051

split-complementary

#554F40 #405155 #454055

monochromatic

#11100D #322F26 #554F40 #786F5A #998F77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#554F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#554F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554F40

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554F40	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#594C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 79, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.025 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#858074',
    500: '#554f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554f40;
$custom-light: #858074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 14.094,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42888,
    "c": 0.02502,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554F40

secondary

#6D7384

accent

#85B771

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEEED

border

#CAC9C8

text

#0B0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #554F40

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

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