#552811#552811

#552811 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.075 H 45.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552811
RGB	rgb(85, 40, 17)
HSL	hsl(20, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(20, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.91, 18.90, 24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.91, 30.57, 51.80°)
OKLab	oklab(33.39% 0.0524 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(33.39% 0.075 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.6067, 3.4899, 0.9612)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552811 #113E55

analogous

#55111C #552811 #554A11

triadic

#552811 #115528 #281155

tetradic

#552811 #1C5511 #113E55 #4A1155

square

#552811 #1C5511 #113E55 #4A1155

split-complementary

#552811 #11554A #111C55

monochromatic

#1A0C05 #221007 #552811 #88401B #BB5825

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#552811 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#552811 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552811

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552811	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552811	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#352E0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3810

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E1F23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552811;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 40, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.075 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6350',
    500: '#552811',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552811;
$custom-light: #8a6350;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552811",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.294,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33386,
    "c": 0.07504,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552811

secondary

#34708E

accent

#B0EA3E

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0EAE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #552811

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

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