#552511#552511

#552511 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.078 H 42.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552511
RGB	rgb(85, 37, 17)
HSL	hsl(18, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(18, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.19, 20.71, 23.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.19, 31.13, 48.31°)
OKLab	oklab(32.84% 0.0579 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(32.84% 0.078 42)
XYZ	xyz(4.5095, 3.2955, 0.9288)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552511 #114155

analogous

#55111F #552511 #554711

triadic

#552511 #115525 #251155

tetradic

#552511 #1F5511 #114155 #471155

square

#552511 #1F5511 #114155 #471155

split-complementary

#552511 #115547 #111F55

monochromatic

#1A0B05 #220F07 #552511 #883B1B #BB5125

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#552511 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#552511 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552511

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552511	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552511	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322C0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3710

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E1B21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552511;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 37, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.078 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6150',
    500: '#552511',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552511;
$custom-light: #8a6150;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552511",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.647,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32838,
    "c": 0.07786,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.03295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552511

secondary

#34748E

accent

#B7EA3E

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #552511

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

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