#552D18#552D18

#552D18 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.067 H 47.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D18
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 24)
HSL	hsl(21, 56%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(21, 72%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 71.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.25, 16.26, 21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.25, 26.81, 52.65°)
OKLab	oklab(34.45% 0.0457 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(34.45% 0.067 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.8500, 3.8745, 1.3564)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D18 #184055

analogous

#551822 #552D18 #554C18

triadic

#552D18 #18552D #2D1855

tetradic

#552D18 #225518 #184055 #4C1855

square

#552D18 #225518 #184055 #4C1855

split-complementary

#552D18 #18554C #182255

monochromatic

#180D07 #25140B #552D18 #854625 #B46033

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#552D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#552D18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D18

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D18	1.00	11.83	1.77	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2528

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.067 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896655',
    500: '#552d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d18;
$custom-light: #896655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.656,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34445,
    "c": 0.06729,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D18

secondary

#3D718C

accent

#ABDF49

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE8

border

#CBC6C4

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D18

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

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