#552D14#552D14

#552D14 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.069 H 50.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D14
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 20)
HSL	hsl(23, 62%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(23, 76%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 76.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.20, 16.00, 23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.20, 28.56, 55.94°)
OKLab	oklab(34.39% 0.0442 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(34.39% 0.069 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8114, 3.8591, 1.1532)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D14 #143C55

analogous

#55141B #552D14 #554D14

triadic

#552D14 #14552D #2D1455

tetradic

#552D14 #1B5514 #143C55 #4D1455

square

#552D14 #1B5514 #143C55 #4D1455

split-complementary

#552D14 #14554D #141B55

monochromatic

#190D06 #231308 #552D14 #874720 #B8612B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#552D14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#552D14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D14

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D14	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2527

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.069 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896652',
    500: '#552d14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d14;
$custom-light: #896652;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34388,
    "c": 0.06949,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D14

secondary

#386C8D

accent

#A7E543

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0602

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D14

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

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