#552C19#552C19

#552C19 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.068 H 44.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C19
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 25)
HSL	hsl(19, 55%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(19, 71%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 70.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.01, 16.96, 20.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.01, 26.54, 50.27°)
OKLab	oklab(34.26% 0.0481 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(34.26% 0.068 44.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.8229, 3.8034, 1.3997)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C19 #194255

analogous

#551924 #552C19 #554A19

triadic

#552C19 #19552C #2C1955

tetradic

#552C19 #245519 #194255 #4A1955

square

#552C19 #245519 #194255 #4A1955

split-complementary

#552C19 #19554A #192455

monochromatic

#180C07 #26140B #552C19 #844427 #B45D35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#552C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#552C19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C19

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C19	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)

#373117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2428

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.068 44.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896556',
    500: '#552c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c19;
$custom-light: #896556;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34264,
    "c": 0.06759,
    "h": 44.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C19

secondary

#3E738B

accent

#AFDE4A

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C19

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

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