#552C1E#552C1E

#552C1E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.065 H 39.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C1E
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 30)
HSL	hsl(15, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(15, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 64.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.09, 17.36, 17.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.09, 24.52, 44.92°)
OKLab	oklab(34.35% 0.0502 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(34.35% 0.065 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8817, 3.8269, 1.7096)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C1E #1E4755

analogous

#551E2B #552C1E #55481E

triadic

#552C1E #1E552C #2C1E55

tetradic

#552C1E #2B551E #1E4755 #481E55

square

#552C1E #2B551E #1E4755 #481E55

split-complementary

#552C1E #1E5548 #1E2B55

monochromatic

#170C08 #28150E #552C1E #82432E #AF5B3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#552C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#552C1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C1E

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C1E	1.00	11.90	1.77	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37321D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2529

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.065 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88665a',
    500: '#552c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c1e;
$custom-light: #88665a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.273,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34352,
    "c": 0.06506,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C1E

secondary

#45788A

accent

#B5D750

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C1E

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