#552D17#552D17

#552D17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.068 H 48.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D17
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 23)
HSL	hsl(21, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(21, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 72.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.24, 16.19, 21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.24, 27.24, 53.53°)
OKLab	oklab(34.43% 0.0453 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(34.43% 0.068 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.8397, 3.8704, 1.3026)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D17 #173F55

analogous

#551720 #552D17 #554C17

triadic

#552D17 #17552D #2D1755

tetradic

#552D17 #205517 #173F55 #4C1755

square

#552D17 #205517 #173F55 #4C1755

split-complementary

#552D17 #17554C #172055

monochromatic

#180D07 #25130A #552D17 #854624 #B56031

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#552D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#552D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D17

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D17	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)

#383215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2528

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.068 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896655',
    500: '#552d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d17;
$custom-light: #896655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.29,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3443,
    "c": 0.06784,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D17

secondary

#3C708C

accent

#AAE147

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D17

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

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