#552C14#552C14

#552C14 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.070 H 49.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C14
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 20)
HSL	hsl(22, 62%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(22, 76%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 76.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.94, 16.62, 23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.94, 28.69, 54.60°)
OKLab	oklab(34.19% 0.0461 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(34.19% 0.07 49)
XYZ	xyz(4.7737, 3.7837, 1.1406)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C14 #143D55

analogous

#55141C #552C14 #554C14

triadic

#552C14 #14552C #2C1455

tetradic

#552C14 #1C5514 #143D55 #4C1455

square

#552C14 #1C5514 #143D55 #4C1455

split-complementary

#552C14 #14554C #141C55

monochromatic

#190D06 #231208 #552C14 #874620 #B85F2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#552C14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#552C14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C14

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C14	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383111

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2427

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.070 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896552',
    500: '#552c14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c14;
$custom-light: #896552;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.154,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34191,
    "c": 0.07025,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.03783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C14

secondary

#386E8D

accent

#A9E543

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C14

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

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