#552D1E#552D1E

#552D1E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.064 H 41.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D1E
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 30)
HSL	hsl(16, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(16, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 64.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.35, 16.74, 17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.35, 24.31, 46.49°)
OKLab	oklab(34.55% 0.0483 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(34.55% 0.064 41)
XYZ	xyz(4.9194, 3.9023, 1.7222)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D1E #1E4655

analogous

#551E2A #552D1E #55491E

triadic

#552D1E #1E552D #2D1E55

tetradic

#552D1E #2A551E #1E4655 #491E55

square

#552D1E #2A551E #1E4655 #491E55

split-complementary

#552D1E #1E5549 #1E2A55

monochromatic

#170C08 #28150E #552D1E #82452E #AF5D3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#552D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#552D1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D1E

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D1E	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37321D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2629

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.064 41.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88665a',
    500: '#552d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d1e;
$custom-light: #88665a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34547,
    "c": 0.06407,
    "h": 41
  },
  "luminance": 0.03902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D1E

secondary

#45778A

accent

#B3D750

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D1E

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

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