#552B16#552B16

#552B16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.070 H 45.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B16
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 22)
HSL	hsl(20, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(20, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 74.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.71, 17.37, 21.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.71, 27.97, 51.61°)
OKLab	oklab(34.02% 0.0487 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(34.02% 0.07 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.7554, 3.7175, 1.2260)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B16 #164055

analogous

#551620 #552B16 #554A16

triadic

#552B16 #16552B #2B1655

tetradic

#552B16 #205516 #164055 #4A1655

square

#552B16 #205516 #164055 #4A1655

split-complementary

#552B16 #16554A #162055

monochromatic

#180C06 #241209 #552B16 #864423 #B65C2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#552B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#552B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B16

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B16	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)

#373114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.070 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896554',
    500: '#552b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b16;
$custom-light: #896554;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34024,
    "c": 0.07003,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B16

secondary

#3A718C

accent

#AEE246

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B16

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

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