#552C12#552C12

#552C12 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.071 H 50.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C12
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 18)
HSL	hsl(23, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(23, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.92, 16.50, 24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.92, 29.56, 56.07°)
OKLab	oklab(34.17% 0.0453 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(34.17% 0.071 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.7566, 3.7769, 1.0507)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C12 #123B55

analogous

#551219 #552C12 #554E12

triadic

#552C12 #12552C #2C1255

tetradic

#552C12 #195512 #123B55 #4E1255

square

#552C12 #195512 #123B55 #4E1255

split-complementary

#552C12 #12554E #121955

monochromatic

#190D05 #221207 #552C12 #88461D #BA6027

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#552C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#552C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C12

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C12	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38310F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.071 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896551',
    500: '#552c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c12;
$custom-light: #896551;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.284,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34165,
    "c": 0.0713,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C12

secondary

#356B8E

accent

#A7E840

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C12

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

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