#552B14#552B14

#552B14 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.071 H 47.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B14
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 20)
HSL	hsl(21, 62%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(21, 76%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 76.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.69, 17.24, 23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.69, 28.82, 53.27°)
OKLab	oklab(34% 0.0479 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(34% 0.071 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.7369, 3.7101, 1.1283)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B14 #143E55

analogous

#55141D #552B14 #554B14

triadic

#552B14 #14552B #2B1455

tetradic

#552B14 #1D5514 #143E55 #4B1455

square

#552B14 #1D5514 #143E55 #4B1455

split-complementary

#552B14 #14554B #141D55

monochromatic

#190D06 #231208 #552B14 #874420 #B85D2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#552B14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#552B14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B14

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B14	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)

#373012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.071 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896552',
    500: '#552b14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b14;
$custom-light: #896552;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.231,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33996,
    "c": 0.07104,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B14

secondary

#386F8D

accent

#ACE543

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B14

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

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