#552A16#552A16

#552A16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.071 H 44.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A16
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 22)
HSL	hsl(19, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(19, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 74.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.46, 17.98, 21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.46, 28.13, 50.27°)
OKLab	oklab(33.83% 0.0506 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(33.83% 0.071 44.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.7195, 3.6457, 1.2140)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A16 #164155

analogous

#551621 #552A16 #554916

triadic

#552A16 #16552A #2A1655

tetradic

#552A16 #215516 #164155 #491655

square

#552A16 #215516 #164155 #491655

split-complementary

#552A16 #165549 #162155

monochromatic

#180C06 #241209 #552A16 #864223 #B65A2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.15

#552A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#552A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A16

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A16	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)

#363014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403915

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2225

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.071 44.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896454',
    500: '#552a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a16;
$custom-light: #896454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.048,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33831,
    "c": 0.0709,
    "h": 44.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A16

secondary

#3A728C

accent

#B0E246

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A16

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

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