#552C0C#552C0C

#552C0C is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.074 H 54.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C0C
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 12)
HSL	hsl(26, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(26, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 85.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.86, 16.20, 27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.86, 32.01, 59.60°)
OKLab	oklab(34.1% 0.0433 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(34.1% 0.074 54.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.7138, 3.7597, 0.8252)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C0C #0C3555

analogous

#550C11 #552C0C #55510C

triadic

#552C0C #0C552C #2C0C55

tetradic

#552C0C #11550C #0C3555 #510C55

square

#552C0C #11550C #0C3555 #510C55

split-complementary

#552C0C #0C5551 #0C1155

monochromatic

#1B0E04 #1F1004 #552C0C #8B4814 #C0641B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#552C0C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#552C0C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C0C

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C0C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C0C	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383108

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423A0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c0c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.074 54.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a654d',
    500: '#552c0c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c0c;
$custom-light: #8a654d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c0c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.301,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34101,
    "c": 0.07423,
    "h": 54.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C0C

secondary

#2D6590

accent

#9FF236

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0501

muted

#7D7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C0C

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

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