#552B12#552B12

#552B12 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.072 H 49.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B12
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 18)
HSL	hsl(22, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(22, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.67, 17.12, 24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.67, 29.69, 54.78°)
OKLab	oklab(33.97% 0.0472 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(33.97% 0.072 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.7198, 3.7033, 1.0384)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B12 #123C55

analogous

#55121A #552B12 #554C12

triadic

#552B12 #12552B #2B1255

tetradic

#552B12 #1A5512 #123C55 #4C1255

square

#552B12 #1A5512 #123C55 #4C1255

split-complementary

#552B12 #12554C #121A55

monochromatic

#190D05 #221107 #552B12 #88451D #BA5E27

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#552B12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#552B12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B12

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B12	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37300F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.072 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896551',
    500: '#552b12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b12;
$custom-light: #896551;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.388,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3397,
    "c": 0.07206,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B12

secondary

#356D8E

accent

#A9E840

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B12

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

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