#552A0C#552A0C

#552A0C is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.076 H 51.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A0C
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 12)
HSL	hsl(25, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(25, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 85.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.35, 17.44, 27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.35, 32.21, 57.22°)
OKLab	oklab(33.71% 0.047 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(33.71% 0.076 51.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.6411, 3.6143, 0.8010)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A0C #0C3755

analogous

#550C12 #552A0C #554F0C

triadic

#552A0C #0C552A #2A0C55

tetradic

#552A0C #12550C #0C3755 #4F0C55

square

#552A0C #12550C #0C3755 #4F0C55

split-complementary

#552A0C #0C554F #0C1255

monochromatic

#1B0D04 #1F1004 #552A0C #8B4514 #C05F1B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#552A0C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#552A0C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A0C

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A0C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A0C	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#362F08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41390B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2124

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a0c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.076 51.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a644d',
    500: '#552a0c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a0c;
$custom-light: #8a644d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a0c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.658,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33711,
    "c": 0.07563,
    "h": 51.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A0C

secondary

#2D6790

accent

#A5F236

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0501

muted

#7D7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A0C

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

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