#552B0F#552B0F

#552B0F is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.074 H 51.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B0F
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 15)
HSL	hsl(24, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(24, 82%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 82.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.63, 16.96, 25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.63, 30.96, 56.78°)
OKLab	oklab(33.93% 0.0461 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(33.93% 0.074 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.6968, 3.6941, 0.9175)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B0F #0F3955

analogous

#550F16 #552B0F #554E0F

triadic

#552B0F #0F552B #2B0F55

tetradic

#552B0F #16550F #0F3955 #4E0F55

square

#552B0F #16550F #0F3955 #4E0F55

split-complementary

#552B0F #0F554E #0F1655

monochromatic

#1A0D05 #211106 #552B0F #894518 #BD6021

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#552B0F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#552B0F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B0F

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B0F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B0F	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)

#37300C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2225

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b0f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.074 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89654f',
    500: '#552b0f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b0f;
$custom-light: #89654f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b0f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33935,
    "c": 0.07353,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B0F

secondary

#31698F

accent

#A6ED3B

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B0F

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

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