#552D0E#552D0E

#552D0E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.073 H 54.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D0E
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 14)
HSL	hsl(26, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(26, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.14, 15.67, 26.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.14, 31.16, 59.82°)
OKLab	oklab(34.32% 0.0421 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(34.32% 0.073 54.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.7644, 3.8403, 0.9057)
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

#552D0E #0E3655

analogous

#550E13 #552D0E #55510E

triadic

#552D0E #0E552D #2D0E55

tetradic

#552D0E #13550E #0E3655 #510E55

square

#552D0E #13550E #0E3655 #510E55

split-complementary

#552D0E #0E5551 #0E1355

monochromatic

#1A0E04 #201105 #552D0E #8A4917 #BE651F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#552D0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#552D0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D0E

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D0E	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)

#39320A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2427

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.073 54.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89664e',
    500: '#552d0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d0e;
$custom-light: #89664e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.197,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34319,
    "c": 0.07264,
    "h": 54.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D0E

secondary

#30658F

accent

#9FEE39

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0602

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D0E

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

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