#552D15#552D15

#552D15 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.069 H 49.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D15
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 21)
HSL	hsl(23, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(23, 75%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 75.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.21, 16.06, 23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.21, 28.12, 55.18°)
OKLab	oklab(34.4% 0.0445 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(34.4% 0.069 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.8205, 3.8627, 1.2010)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D15 #153D55

analogous

#55151D #552D15 #554D15

triadic

#552D15 #15552D #2D1555

tetradic

#552D15 #1D5515 #153D55 #4D1555

square

#552D15 #1D5515 #153D55 #4D1555

split-complementary

#552D15 #15554D #151D55

monochromatic

#190D06 #241309 #552D15 #864721 #B7612D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#552D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#552D15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D15

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D15	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)

#383212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2528

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.069 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896653',
    500: '#552d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d15;
$custom-light: #896653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34402,
    "c": 0.06894,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D15

secondary

#396D8D

accent

#A8E444

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0602

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D15

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

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