#552B15#552B15

#552B15 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.071 H 46.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B15
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 21)
HSL	hsl(21, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(21, 75%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 75.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.70, 17.30, 22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.70, 28.40, 52.46°)
OKLab	oklab(34.01% 0.0483 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(34.01% 0.071 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.7460, 3.7137, 1.1762)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B15 #153F55

analogous

#55151F #552B15 #554B15

triadic

#552B15 #15552B #2B1555

tetradic

#552B15 #1F5515 #153F55 #4B1555

square

#552B15 #1F5515 #153F55 #4B1555

split-complementary

#552B15 #15554B #151F55

monochromatic

#190C06 #241209 #552B15 #864421 #B75D2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#552B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#552B15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B15

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B15	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.071 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896553',
    500: '#552b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b15;
$custom-light: #896553;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.625,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34009,
    "c": 0.07053,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B15

secondary

#39708D

accent

#ADE444

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B15

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

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