#552B11#552B11

#552B11 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.073 H 49.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B11
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 17)
HSL	hsl(23, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(23, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.65, 17.06, 24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.65, 30.11, 55.48°)
OKLab	oklab(33.96% 0.0468 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(33.96% 0.073 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.7118, 3.7001, 0.9963)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B11 #113B55

analogous

#551119 #552B11 #554D11

triadic

#552B11 #11552B #2B1155

tetradic

#552B11 #195511 #113B55 #4D1155

square

#552B11 #195511 #113B55 #4D1155

split-complementary

#552B11 #11554D #111955

monochromatic

#1A0D05 #221107 #552B11 #88451B #BB5F25

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#552B11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#552B11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B11

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B11	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)

#37300E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2225

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.073 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896550',
    500: '#552b11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b11;
$custom-light: #896550;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.941,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33958,
    "c": 0.07256,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B11

secondary

#346C8E

accent

#A8EA3E

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B11

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

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