#552C18#552C18

#552C18 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.068 H 45.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C18
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 24)
HSL	hsl(20, 56%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(20, 72%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 71.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.00, 16.89, 21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.00, 26.96, 51.21°)
OKLab	oklab(34.25% 0.0476 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(34.25% 0.068 45.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8123, 3.7991, 1.3439)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C18 #184155

analogous

#551823 #552C18 #554B18

triadic

#552C18 #18552C #2C1855

tetradic

#552C18 #235518 #184155 #4B1855

square

#552C18 #235518 #184155 #4B1855

split-complementary

#552C18 #18554B #182355

monochromatic

#180C07 #25130B #552C18 #854525 #B45D33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#552C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#552C18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C18

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C18	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2427

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.068 45.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896555',
    500: '#552c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c18;
$custom-light: #896555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.672,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34248,
    "c": 0.06812,
    "h": 45.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C18

secondary

#3D728C

accent

#AEDF49

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE8

border

#CBC6C4

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C18

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

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