#552816#552816

#552816 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.073 H 41.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552816
RGB	rgb(85, 40, 22)
HSL	hsl(17, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(17, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 74.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.97, 19.21, 21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.97, 28.51, 47.65°)
OKLab	oklab(33.45% 0.0543 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(33.45% 0.073 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.6503, 3.5073, 1.1910)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552816 #164355

analogous

#551623 #552816 #554716

triadic

#552816 #165528 #281655

tetradic

#552816 #235516 #164355 #471655

square

#552816 #235516 #164355 #471655

split-complementary

#552816 #165547 #162355

monochromatic

#180B06 #241109 #552816 #863F23 #B6562F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#552816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#552816 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552816

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552816	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#342F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3815

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E1F24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 40, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.073 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896354',
    500: '#552816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552816;
$custom-light: #896354;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33454,
    "c": 0.07279,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552816

secondary

#3A758C

accent

#B5E246

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0EAE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #552816

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

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