#552A1A#552A1A

#552A1A is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.069 H 40.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A1A
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 26)
HSL	hsl(16, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(16, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 69.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.52, 18.27, 19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.52, 26.50, 46.41°)
OKLab	oklab(33.89% 0.0523 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(33.89% 0.069 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.7611, 3.6623, 1.4332)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A1A #1A4555

analogous

#551A28 #552A1A #55481A

triadic

#552A1A #1A552A #2A1A55

tetradic

#552A1A #28551A #1A4555 #481A55

square

#552A1A #28551A #1A4555 #481A55

split-complementary

#552A1A #1A5548 #1A2855

monochromatic

#170C07 #26130C #552A1A #844128 #B35837

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#552A1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#552A1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A1A

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A1A	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.069 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896457',
    500: '#552a1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a1a;
$custom-light: #896457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.271,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33895,
    "c": 0.06898,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A1A

secondary

#40778B

accent

#B5DD4B

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A1A

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

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