#552A12#552A12

#552A12 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.073 H 47.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A12
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 18)
HSL	hsl(21, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(21, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.41, 17.74, 23.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.41, 29.83, 53.51°)
OKLab	oklab(33.78% 0.0491 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(33.78% 0.073 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.6839, 3.6314, 1.0264)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A12 #123D55

analogous

#55121B #552A12 #554C12

triadic

#552A12 #12552A #2A1255

tetradic

#552A12 #1B5512 #123D55 #4C1255

square

#552A12 #1B5512 #123D55 #4C1255

split-complementary

#552A12 #12554C #121B55

monochromatic

#190C05 #221107 #552A12 #88431D #BA5C27

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#552A12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#552A12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A12

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A12	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)

#36300F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403911

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2125

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.073 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896451',
    500: '#552a12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a12;
$custom-light: #896451;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.493,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33777,
    "c": 0.07287,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A12

secondary

#356E8E

accent

#ACE840

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A12

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

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