#552B10#552B10

#552B10 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.073 H 50.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B10
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 16)
HSL	hsl(23, 68%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(23, 81%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 81.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.64, 17.01, 25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.64, 30.54, 56.16°)
OKLab	oklab(33.95% 0.0465 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(33.95% 0.073 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.7041, 3.6970, 0.9560)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B10 #103A55

analogous

#551018 #552B10 #554E10

triadic

#552B10 #10552B #2B1055

tetradic

#552B10 #185510 #103A55 #4E1055

square

#552B10 #185510 #103A55 #4E1055

split-complementary

#552B10 #10554E #101855

monochromatic

#1A0D05 #211106 #552B10 #89451A #BC5F23

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#552B10 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#552B10 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B10

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B10	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B10	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37300D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2225

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b10;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.073 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896550',
    500: '#552b10',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b10;
$custom-light: #896550;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b10",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.478,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33946,
    "c": 0.07305,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B10

secondary

#326A8F

accent

#A7EB3D

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B10

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

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