#552C16#552C16

#552C16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.069 H 47.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C16
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 22)
HSL	hsl(21, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(21, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 74.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.97, 16.75, 22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.97, 27.82, 52.98°)
OKLab	oklab(34.22% 0.0468 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(34.22% 0.069 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7922, 3.7911, 1.2383)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C16 #163F55

analogous

#55161F #552C16 #554B16

triadic

#552C16 #16552C #2C1655

tetradic

#552C16 #1F5516 #163F55 #4B1655

square

#552C16 #1F5516 #163F55 #4B1655

split-complementary

#552C16 #16554B #161F55

monochromatic

#180D06 #241309 #552C16 #864523 #B65E2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#552C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#552C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C16

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C16	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2427

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.069 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896554',
    500: '#552c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c16;
$custom-light: #896554;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.952,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34218,
    "c": 0.06918,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C16

secondary

#3A708C

accent

#ABE246

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C16

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

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