#552A0F#552A0F

#552A0F is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.074 H 49.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A0F
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 15)
HSL	hsl(23, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(23, 82%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 82.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.38, 17.58, 25.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.38, 31.08, 55.56°)
OKLab	oklab(33.74% 0.048 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(33.74% 0.074 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6609, 3.6223, 0.9056)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A0F #0F3A55

analogous

#550F17 #552A0F #554D0F

triadic

#552A0F #0F552A #2A0F55

tetradic

#552A0F #17550F #0F3A55 #4D0F55

square

#552A0F #17550F #0F3A55 #4D0F55

split-complementary

#552A0F #0F554D #0F1755

monochromatic

#1A0D05 #211006 #552A0F #894418 #BD5D21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#552A0F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#552A0F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A0F

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A0F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A0F	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)

#36300C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41390E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2124

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a0f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.074 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a644f',
    500: '#552a0f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a0f;
$custom-light: #8a644f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a0f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33742,
    "c": 0.07428,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A0F

secondary

#316B8F

accent

#A8ED3B

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A0F

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

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