#552911#552911

#552911 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.074 H 47.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552911
RGB	rgb(85, 41, 17)
HSL	hsl(21, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(21, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.15, 18.30, 24.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.15, 30.40, 53.01°)
OKLab	oklab(33.57% 0.0505 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(33.57% 0.074 47)
XYZ	xyz(4.6409, 3.5582, 0.9726)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552911 #113D55

analogous

#55111B #552911 #554B11

triadic

#552911 #115529 #291155

tetradic

#552911 #1B5511 #113D55 #4B1155

square

#552911 #1B5511 #113D55 #4B1155

split-complementary

#552911 #11554B #111B55

monochromatic

#1A0C05 #221007 #552911 #88421B #BB5A25

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#552911 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#552911 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552911

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552911	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552911	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#352F0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403910

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552911;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 41, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.074 47.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896350',
    500: '#552911',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552911;
$custom-light: #896350;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552911",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.176,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33574,
    "c": 0.07417,
    "h": 47
  },
  "luminance": 0.03558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552911

secondary

#346E8E

accent

#ADEA3E

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0EAE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #552911

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

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