#552A19#552A19

#552A19 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.069 H 41.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A19
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 25)
HSL	hsl(17, 55%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 70.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.51, 18.20, 19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.51, 26.90, 47.44°)
OKLab	oklab(33.88% 0.0518 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(33.88% 0.069 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7501, 3.6579, 1.3754)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A19 #194455

analogous

#551926 #552A19 #554819

triadic

#552A19 #19552A #2A1955

tetradic

#552A19 #265519 #194455 #481955

square

#552A19 #265519 #194455 #481955

split-complementary

#552A19 #195548 #192655

monochromatic

#180C07 #26130B #552A19 #844127 #B45935

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#552A19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#552A19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A19

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A19	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)

#353017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403918

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.069 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896456',
    500: '#552a19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a19;
$custom-light: #896456;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33878,
    "c": 0.06944,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A19

secondary

#3E768B

accent

#B4DE4A

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A19

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

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