#552D0C#552D0C

#552D0C is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.074 H 55.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D0C
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 12)
HSL	hsl(27, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(27, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 85.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.12, 15.58, 27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.12, 31.93, 60.81°)
OKLab	oklab(34.3% 0.0415 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(34.3% 0.074 55.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7515, 3.8351, 0.8378)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D0C #0C3455

analogous

#550C10 #552D0C #55520C

triadic

#552D0C #0C552D #2D0C55

tetradic

#552D0C #10550C #0C3455 #520C55

square

#552D0C #10550C #0C3455 #520C55

split-complementary

#552D0C #0C5552 #0C1055

monochromatic

#1B0E04 #1F1104 #552D0C #8B4914 #C0661B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#552D0C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#552D0C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D0C

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D0C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D0C	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393207

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d0c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.074 55.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a664d',
    500: '#552d0c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d0c;
$custom-light: #8a664d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d0c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.123,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.343,
    "c": 0.0736,
    "h": 55.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D0C

secondary

#2D6390

accent

#9DF236

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0601

muted

#7D7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D0C

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

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