#552D12#552D12

#552D12 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.071 H 52.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D12
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 18)
HSL	hsl(24, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(24, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.18, 15.88, 24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.18, 29.45, 57.37°)
OKLab	oklab(34.36% 0.0434 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(34.36% 0.071 52)
XYZ	xyz(4.7943, 3.8523, 1.0632)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D12 #123A55

analogous

#551218 #552D12 #554E12

triadic

#552D12 #12552D #2D1255

tetradic

#552D12 #185512 #123A55 #4E1255

square

#552D12 #185512 #123A55 #4E1255

split-complementary

#552D12 #12554E #121855

monochromatic

#190D05 #221207 #552D12 #88481D #BA6227

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#552D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#552D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D12

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D12	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38320F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2527

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.071 52.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896651',
    500: '#552d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d12;
$custom-light: #896651;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.179,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34363,
    "c": 0.07058,
    "h": 52
  },
  "luminance": 0.03852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D12

secondary

#356A8E

accent

#A4E840

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0602

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D12

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

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