#552B19#552B19

#552B19 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.069 H 43.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B19
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 25)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 70.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.76, 17.58, 20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.76, 26.71, 48.84°)
OKLab	oklab(34.07% 0.0499 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(34.07% 0.069 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7861, 3.7298, 1.3874)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B19 #194355

analogous

#551925 #552B19 #554919

triadic

#552B19 #19552B #2B1955

tetradic

#552B19 #255519 #194355 #491955

square

#552B19 #255519 #194355 #491955

split-complementary

#552B19 #195549 #192555

monochromatic

#180C07 #26130B #552B19 #844327 #B45B35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#552B19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#552B19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B19

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B19	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)

#363117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403A18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2327

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.069 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896556',
    500: '#552b19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b19;
$custom-light: #896556;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3407,
    "c": 0.0685,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B19

secondary

#3E748B

accent

#B1DE4A

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B19

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

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