#552A0E#552A0E

#552A0E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.075 H 50.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A0E
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 14)
HSL	hsl(24, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(24, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.37, 17.53, 26.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.37, 31.48, 56.16°)
OKLab	oklab(33.73% 0.0477 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(33.73% 0.075 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.6540, 3.6195, 0.8689)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A0E #0E3955

analogous

#550E16 #552A0E #554E0E

triadic

#552A0E #0E552A #2A0E55

tetradic

#552A0E #16550E #0E3955 #4E0E55

square

#552A0E #16550E #0E3955 #4E0E55

split-complementary

#552A0E #0E554E #0E1655

monochromatic

#1A0D04 #201005 #552A0E #8A4417 #BE5E1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#552A0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#552A0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A0E

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A0E	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36300A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41390D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2124

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.075 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a644e',
    500: '#552a0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a0e;
$custom-light: #8a644e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.662,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33731,
    "c": 0.07475,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A0E

secondary

#306A8F

accent

#A7EE39

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0501

muted

#7D7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A0E

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

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