#552B0E#552B0E

#552B0E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.074 H 51.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B0E
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 14)
HSL	hsl(25, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(25, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.62, 16.91, 26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.62, 31.36, 57.36°)
OKLab	oklab(33.92% 0.0458 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(33.92% 0.074 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6899, 3.6913, 0.8809)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B0E #0E3855

analogous

#550E15 #552B0E #554F0E

triadic

#552B0E #0E552B #2B0E55

tetradic

#552B0E #15550E #0E3855 #4F0E55

square

#552B0E #15550E #0E3855 #4F0E55

split-complementary

#552B0E #0E554F #0E1555

monochromatic

#1A0D04 #201005 #552B0E #8A4617 #BE601F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#552B0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#552B0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B0E

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B0E	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37300A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2225

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.074 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a654e',
    500: '#552b0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b0e;
$custom-light: #8a654e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.507,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33924,
    "c": 0.074,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B0E

secondary

#30688F

accent

#A4EE39

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B0E

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

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