Exploring the Color #553A10

#553A10 sits at 37° on the color wheel, placing it in the orange family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 68% saturation and 20% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, deep tone — a weighted, dramatic presence with deep undertones. Its RGB mix of 85, 58, 16 produces a 10.51:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #553A10 is a distant relative of CSS maroon — about 74 units away from #800000. Designers reach for orange hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want weight, depth, and grounded contrast. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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