#552311#552311

#552311 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.080 H 39.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552311
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 17)
HSL	hsl(16, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(16, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.73, 21.88, 22.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.73, 31.56, 46.11°)
OKLab	oklab(32.49% 0.0615 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(32.49% 0.08 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.4490, 3.1744, 0.9086)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552311 #114355

analogous

#551121 #552311 #554511

triadic

#552311 #115523 #231155

tetradic

#552311 #215511 #114355 #451155

square

#552311 #215511 #114355 #451155

split-complementary

#552311 #115545 #112155

monochromatic

#1A0A05 #220E07 #552311 #88381B #BB4D25

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#552311 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#552311 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552311

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552311	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552311	1.00	12.85	1.63	12.85
#FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312B0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3610

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E181F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552311;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.080 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5f50',
    500: '#552311',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552311;
$custom-light: #8a5f50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552311",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.882,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32487,
    "c": 0.07988,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552311

secondary

#34768E

accent

#BCEA3E

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0502

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #552311

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

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