#552B18#552B18

#552B18 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.069 H 44.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B18
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 24)
HSL	hsl(19, 56%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(19, 72%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 71.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.74, 17.51, 20.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.74, 27.12, 49.80°)
OKLab	oklab(34.05% 0.0495 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(34.05% 0.069 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.7755, 3.7255, 1.3316)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B18 #184255

analogous

#551824 #552B18 #554A18

triadic

#552B18 #18552B #2B1855

tetradic

#552B18 #245518 #184255 #4A1855

square

#552B18 #245518 #184255 #4A1855

split-complementary

#552B18 #18554A #182455

monochromatic

#180C07 #25130B #552B18 #854325 #B45B33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#552B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#552B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B18

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B18	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2327

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.069 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896555',
    500: '#552b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b18;
$custom-light: #896555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.689,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34054,
    "c": 0.069,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B18

secondary

#3D738C

accent

#B0DF49

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE8

border

#CBC6C4

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B18

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

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