#552B17#552B17

#552B17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.070 H 45.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B17
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 23)
HSL	hsl(19, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(19, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 72.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.73, 17.44, 21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.73, 27.54, 50.73°)
OKLab	oklab(34.04% 0.0491 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(34.04% 0.07 45)
XYZ	xyz(4.7652, 3.7214, 1.2778)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B17 #174155

analogous

#551722 #552B17 #554A17

triadic

#552B17 #17552B #2B1755

tetradic

#552B17 #225517 #174155 #4A1755

square

#552B17 #225517 #174155 #4A1755

split-complementary

#552B17 #17554A #172255

monochromatic

#180C07 #25130A #552B17 #854324 #B55C31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#552B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#552B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B17

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B17	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.070 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896554',
    500: '#552b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b17;
$custom-light: #896554;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.355,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34038,
    "c": 0.06951,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.03721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B17

secondary

#3C728C

accent

#AFE147

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B17

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

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