#552A18#552A18

#552A18 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.070 H 42.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A18
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 24)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 71.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.49, 18.12, 20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.49, 27.31, 48.42°)
OKLab	oklab(33.86% 0.0514 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(33.86% 0.07 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7395, 3.6537, 1.3196)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A18 #184355

analogous

#551825 #552A18 #554918

triadic

#552A18 #18552A #2A1855

tetradic

#552A18 #255518 #184355 #491855

square

#552A18 #255518 #184355 #491855

split-complementary

#552A18 #185549 #182555

monochromatic

#180C07 #25120B #552A18 #854225 #B45933

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#552A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#552A18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A18

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A18	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403917

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.070 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896455',
    500: '#552a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a18;
$custom-light: #896455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.705,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33862,
    "c": 0.06993,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A18

secondary

#3D758C

accent

#B3DF49

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE8

border

#CBC6C4

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A18

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

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