#552B1A#552B1A

#552B1A is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.068 H 42.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B1A
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 26)
HSL	hsl(17, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(17, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 69.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.77, 17.65, 19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.77, 26.30, 47.84°)
OKLab	oklab(34.09% 0.0504 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(34.09% 0.068 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7970, 3.7342, 1.4452)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B1A #1A4455

analogous

#551A27 #552B1A #55491A

triadic

#552B1A #1A552B #2B1A55

tetradic

#552B1A #27551A #1A4455 #491A55

square

#552B1A #27551A #1A4455 #491A55

split-complementary

#552B1A #1A5549 #1A2755

monochromatic

#170C07 #26130C #552B1A #844328 #B35A37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#552B1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#552B1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B1A

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B1A	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363118

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403A19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2327

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.068 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896557',
    500: '#552b1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b1a;
$custom-light: #896557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.288,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34086,
    "c": 0.068,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B1A

secondary

#40758B

accent

#B3DD4B

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B1A

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

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