#552A17#552A17

#552A17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.070 H 43.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A17
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 23)
HSL	hsl(18, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 72.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.48, 18.05, 21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.48, 27.72, 49.36°)
OKLab	oklab(33.85% 0.051 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(33.85% 0.07 43.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.7293, 3.6496, 1.2658)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A17 #174255

analogous

#551723 #552A17 #554917

triadic

#552A17 #17552A #2A1755

tetradic

#552A17 #235517 #174255 #491755

square

#552A17 #235517 #174255 #491755

split-complementary

#552A17 #175549 #172355

monochromatic

#180C07 #25120A #552A17 #854224 #B55A31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#552A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#552A17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A17

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A17	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403916

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.070 43.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896454',
    500: '#552a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a17;
$custom-light: #896454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.387,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33846,
    "c": 0.07042,
    "h": 43.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A17

secondary

#3C738C

accent

#B2E147

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A17

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

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