#552B0C#552B0C

#552B0C is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.075 H 52.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B0C
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 12)
HSL	hsl(25, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(25, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 85.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.61, 16.82, 27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.61, 32.11, 58.40°)
OKLab	oklab(33.91% 0.0452 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(33.91% 0.075 52.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.6770, 3.6861, 0.8130)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B0C #0C3655

analogous

#550C12 #552B0C #55500C

triadic

#552B0C #0C552B #2B0C55

tetradic

#552B0C #12550C #0C3655 #500C55

square

#552B0C #12550C #0C3655 #500C55

split-complementary

#552B0C #0C5550 #0C1255

monochromatic

#1B0E04 #1F1004 #552B0C #8B4614 #C0611B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#552B0C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#552B0C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B0C

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B0C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B0C	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373008

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2225

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b0c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.075 52.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a654d',
    500: '#552b0c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b0c;
$custom-light: #8a654d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b0c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.479,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33905,
    "c": 0.07491,
    "h": 52.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B0C

secondary

#2D6690

accent

#A2F236

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0501

muted

#7D7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B0C

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

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