#552C1B#552C1B

#552C1B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.067 H 42.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C1B
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 27)
HSL	hsl(18, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 68.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.04, 17.11, 19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.04, 25.71, 48.26°)
OKLab	oklab(34.3% 0.0489 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(34.3% 0.067 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.8452, 3.8123, 1.5174)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C1B #1B4455

analogous

#551B27 #552C1B #55491B

triadic

#552C1B #1B552C #2C1B55

tetradic

#552C1B #27551B #1B4455 #491B55

square

#552C1B #27551B #1B4455 #491B55

split-complementary

#552C1B #1B5549 #1B2755

monochromatic

#170C07 #27140C #552C1B #83442A #B25C39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#552C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#552C1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C1B

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C1B	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)

#373119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2428

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.067 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886557',
    500: '#552c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c1b;
$custom-light: #886557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.586,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34297,
    "c": 0.06655,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C1B

secondary

#41758B

accent

#B1DB4D

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C1B

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

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