#552C11#552C11

#552C11 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.072 H 51.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C11
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 17)
HSL	hsl(24, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(24, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.91, 16.44, 25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.91, 29.99, 56.75°)
OKLab	oklab(34.15% 0.0449 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(34.15% 0.072 51.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7486, 3.7737, 1.0085)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C11 #113A55

analogous

#551118 #552C11 #554E11

triadic

#552C11 #11552C #2C1155

tetradic

#552C11 #185511 #113A55 #4E1155

square

#552C11 #185511 #113A55 #4E1155

split-complementary

#552C11 #11554E #111855

monochromatic

#1A0D05 #221207 #552C11 #88461B #BB6125

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.97

#552C11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#552C11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C11

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C11	1.00	11.97	1.75	11.97
#FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38310E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423A11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.072 51.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896550',
    500: '#552c11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c11;
$custom-light: #896550;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.824,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34153,
    "c": 0.07181,
    "h": 51.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C11

secondary

#346A8E

accent

#A6EA3E

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C11

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

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