#552A15#552A15

#552A15 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.071 H 45.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A15
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 21)
HSL	hsl(20, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(20, 75%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 75.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.45, 17.92, 22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.45, 28.55, 51.13°)
OKLab	oklab(33.82% 0.0502 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(33.82% 0.071 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.7100, 3.6419, 1.1642)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A15 #154055

analogous

#551520 #552A15 #554A15

triadic

#552A15 #15552A #2A1555

tetradic

#552A15 #205515 #154055 #4A1555

square

#552A15 #205515 #154055 #4A1555

split-complementary

#552A15 #15554A #152055

monochromatic

#190C06 #241209 #552A15 #864221 #B75A2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.15

#552A15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#552A15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A15

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A15	1.00	12.15	1.73	12.15
#FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403914

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2125

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.071 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896453',
    500: '#552a15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a15;
$custom-light: #896453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.688,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33817,
    "c": 0.0714,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A15

secondary

#39718D

accent

#AFE444

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A15

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

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