#552D16#552D16

#552D16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.068 H 48.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D16
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 22)
HSL	hsl(22, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(22, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 74.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.23, 16.12, 22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.23, 27.68, 54.37°)
OKLab	oklab(34.42% 0.0449 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(34.42% 0.068 48.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.8299, 3.8665, 1.2509)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D16 #163E55

analogous

#55161E #552D16 #554C16

triadic

#552D16 #16552D #2D1655

tetradic

#552D16 #1E5516 #163E55 #4C1655

square

#552D16 #1E5516 #163E55 #4C1655

split-complementary

#552D16 #16554C #161E55

monochromatic

#180D06 #241309 #552D16 #864723 #B6602F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#552D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#552D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D16

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D16	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2528

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.068 48.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896654',
    500: '#552d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d16;
$custom-light: #896654;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.905,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34416,
    "c": 0.0684,
    "h": 48.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D16

secondary

#3A6E8C

accent

#A9E246

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0602

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D16

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

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