#552B1B#552B1B

#552B1B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.068 H 41.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B1B
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 27)
HSL	hsl(17, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(17, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 68.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.79, 17.73, 18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.79, 25.90, 46.79°)
OKLab	oklab(34.1% 0.0508 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(34.1% 0.068 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.8084, 3.7387, 1.5051)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B1B #1B4555

analogous

#551B28 #552B1B #55481B

triadic

#552B1B #1B552B #2B1B55

tetradic

#552B1B #28551B #1B4555 #481B55

square

#552B1B #28551B #1B4555 #481B55

split-complementary

#552B1B #1B5548 #1B2855

monochromatic

#170C07 #27140C #552B1B #83422A #B25A39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#552B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#552B1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B1B

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B1B	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)

#363119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403A1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2327

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.068 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886557',
    500: '#552b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b1b;
$custom-light: #886557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.552,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34104,
    "c": 0.06751,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B1B

secondary

#41768B

accent

#B4DB4D

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B1B

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

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