#552C0E#552C0E

#552C0E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.073 H 53.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C0E
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 14)
HSL	hsl(25, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(25, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.88, 16.29, 26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.88, 31.25, 58.58°)
OKLab	oklab(34.12% 0.044 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(34.12% 0.073 53.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7267, 3.7649, 0.8932)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C0E #0E3755

analogous

#550E14 #552C0E #55500E

triadic

#552C0E #0E552C #2C0E55

tetradic

#552C0E #14550E #0E3755 #500E55

square

#552C0E #14550E #0E3755 #500E55

split-complementary

#552C0E #0E5550 #0E1455

monochromatic

#1A0E04 #201105 #552C0E #8A4717 #BE621F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#552C0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#552C0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C0E

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C0E	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38310A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423A0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.073 53.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89654e',
    500: '#552c0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c0e;
$custom-light: #89654e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.352,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3412,
    "c": 0.0733,
    "h": 53.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C0E

secondary

#30678F

accent

#A2EE39

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C0E

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

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