#552A11#552A11

#552A11 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.073 H 48.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A11
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 17)
HSL	hsl(22, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(22, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.40, 17.68, 24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.40, 30.25, 54.23°)
OKLab	oklab(33.76% 0.0487 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(33.76% 0.073 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.6759, 3.6282, 0.9843)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A11 #113C55

analogous

#55111A #552A11 #554C11

triadic

#552A11 #11552A #2A1155

tetradic

#552A11 #1A5511 #113C55 #4C1155

square

#552A11 #1A5511 #113C55 #4C1155

split-complementary

#552A11 #11554C #111A55

monochromatic

#1A0D05 #221107 #552A11 #88431B #BB5C25

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#552A11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#552A11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A11

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A11	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36300E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403910

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2125

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.073 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896450',
    500: '#552a11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a11;
$custom-light: #896450;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.059,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33764,
    "c": 0.07334,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A11

secondary

#346D8E

accent

#ABEA3E

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A11

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

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