#552D11#552D11

#552D11 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.071 H 52.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D11
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 17)
HSL	hsl(25, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(25, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 15.82, 25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 29.88, 58.04°)
OKLab	oklab(34.35% 0.0431 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(34.35% 0.071 52.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7863, 3.8491, 1.0211)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D11 #113955

analogous

#551117 #552D11 #554F11

triadic

#552D11 #11552D #2D1155

tetradic

#552D11 #175511 #113955 #4F1155

square

#552D11 #175511 #113955 #4F1155

split-complementary

#552D11 #11554F #111755

monochromatic

#1A0E05 #221207 #552D11 #88481B #BB6325

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#552D11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#552D11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D11

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D11	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39320E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2527

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.071 52.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896650',
    500: '#552d11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d11;
$custom-light: #896650;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.706,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34351,
    "c": 0.07111,
    "h": 52.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D11

secondary

#34698E

accent

#A3EA3E

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0602

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D11

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

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