#552C1A#552C1A

#552C1A is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.067 H 43.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C1A
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 26)
HSL	hsl(18, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(18, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 69.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.03, 17.03, 19.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.03, 26.12, 49.29°)
OKLab	oklab(34.28% 0.0485 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(34.28% 0.067 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.8338, 3.8078, 1.4575)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C1A #1A4355

analogous

#551A26 #552C1A #554A1A

triadic

#552C1A #1A552C #2C1A55

tetradic

#552C1A #26551A #1A4355 #4A1A55

square

#552C1A #26551A #1A4355 #4A1A55

split-complementary

#552C1A #1A554A #1A2655

monochromatic

#170C07 #26140C #552C1A #844428 #B35D37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#552C1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#552C1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C1A

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C1A	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373118

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2428

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.067 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886557',
    500: '#552c1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c1a;
$custom-light: #886557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.305,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3428,
    "c": 0.06706,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C1A

secondary

#40748B

accent

#B0DD4B

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C1A

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

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