#552C17#552C17

#552C17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.069 H 46.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C17
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 23)
HSL	hsl(20, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(20, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 72.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.98, 16.82, 21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.98, 27.39, 52.12°)
OKLab	oklab(34.23% 0.0472 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(34.23% 0.069 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8020, 3.7950, 1.2901)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C17 #174055

analogous

#551721 #552C17 #554B17

triadic

#552C17 #17552C #2C1755

tetradic

#552C17 #215517 #174055 #4B1755

square

#552C17 #215517 #174055 #4B1755

split-complementary

#552C17 #17554B #172155

monochromatic

#180C07 #25130A #552C17 #854524 #B55E31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#552C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#552C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C17

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C17	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)

#373115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2427

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.069 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896554',
    500: '#552c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c17;
$custom-light: #896554;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.323,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34233,
    "c": 0.06865,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C17

secondary

#3C718C

accent

#ADE147

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C17

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

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