#552D1B#552D1B

#552D1B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.066 H 44.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D1B
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 27)
HSL	hsl(19, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(19, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 68.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.30, 16.49, 19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.30, 25.53, 49.77°)
OKLab	oklab(34.49% 0.047 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(34.49% 0.066 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.8829, 3.8877, 1.5299)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D1B #1B4355

analogous

#551B26 #552D1B #554A1B

triadic

#552D1B #1B552D #2D1B55

tetradic

#552D1B #26551B #1B4355 #4A1B55

square

#552D1B #26551B #1B4355 #4A1B55

split-complementary

#552D1B #1B554A #1B2655

monochromatic

#170C07 #27140C #552D1B #83462A #B25E39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#552D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#552D1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D1B

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D1B	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413B1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2529

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.066 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886657',
    500: '#552d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d1b;
$custom-light: #886657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.621,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34494,
    "c": 0.06564,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D1B

secondary

#41748B

accent

#AFDB4D

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D1B

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

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