#552C15#552C15

#552C15 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.070 H 48.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C15
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 21)
HSL	hsl(22, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(22, 75%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 75.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.96, 16.68, 22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.96, 28.25, 53.81°)
OKLab	oklab(34.2% 0.0464 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(34.2% 0.07 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7828, 3.7873, 1.1885)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C15 #153E55

analogous

#55151E #552C15 #554C15

triadic

#552C15 #15552C #2C1555

tetradic

#552C15 #1E5515 #153E55 #4C1555

square

#552C15 #1E5515 #153E55 #4C1555

split-complementary

#552C15 #15554C #151E55

monochromatic

#190D06 #241309 #552C15 #864521 #B75F2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#552C15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#552C15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C15

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C15	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)

#373113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2427

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.070 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896553',
    500: '#552c15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c15;
$custom-light: #896553;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.563,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34204,
    "c": 0.06972,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C15

secondary

#396F8D

accent

#AAE444

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C15

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

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