#552A14#552A14

#552A14 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.072 H 46.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A14
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 20)
HSL	hsl(20, 62%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(20, 76%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 76.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.44, 17.86, 22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.44, 28.98, 51.96°)
OKLab	oklab(33.8% 0.0498 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(33.8% 0.072 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7010, 3.6383, 1.1164)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A14 #143F55

analogous

#55141E #552A14 #554A14

triadic

#552A14 #14552A #2A1455

tetradic

#552A14 #1E5514 #143F55 #4A1455

square

#552A14 #1E5514 #143F55 #4A1455

split-complementary

#552A14 #14554A #141E55

monochromatic

#190C06 #231208 #552A14 #874220 #B85B2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#552A14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#552A14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A14

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A14	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403913

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2125

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.072 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896452',
    500: '#552a14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a14;
$custom-light: #896452;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.308,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33803,
    "c": 0.07189,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A14

secondary

#38708D

accent

#AEE543

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A14

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

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