#552C0F#552C0F

#552C0F is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.073 H 52.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C0F
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 15)
HSL	hsl(25, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(25, 82%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 82.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.89, 16.34, 26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.89, 30.85, 58.02°)
OKLab	oklab(34.13% 0.0443 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(34.13% 0.073 52.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.7336, 3.7677, 0.9298)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C0F #0F3855

analogous

#550F15 #552C0F #554F0F

triadic

#552C0F #0F552C #2C0F55

tetradic

#552C0F #15550F #0F3855 #4F0F55

square

#552C0F #15550F #0F3855 #4F0F55

split-complementary

#552C0F #0F554F #0F1555

monochromatic

#1A0D05 #211106 #552C0F #894718 #BD6221

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#552C0F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#552C0F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C0F

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C0F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C0F	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)

#38310B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423A0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c0f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.073 52.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89654f',
    500: '#552c0f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c0f;
$custom-light: #89654f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c0f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.857,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34131,
    "c": 0.07281,
    "h": 52.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C0F

secondary

#31688F

accent

#A3ED3B

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C0F

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

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