#552D1F#552D1F

#552D1F is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.064 H 39.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D1F
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 31)
HSL	hsl(16, 47%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(16, 64%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 63.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, 16.83, 17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 23.93, 45.30°)
OKLab	oklab(34.57% 0.0488 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(34.57% 0.064 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9324, 3.9075, 1.7905)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D1F #1F4755

analogous

#551F2C #552D1F #55481F

triadic

#552D1F #1F552D #2D1F55

tetradic

#552D1F #2C551F #1F4755 #481F55

square

#552D1F #2C551F #1F4755 #481F55

split-complementary

#552D1F #1F5548 #1F2C55

monochromatic

#160C08 #28150F #552D1F #82452F #AF5C40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#552D1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#552D1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D1F

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D1F	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37321E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D262A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.064 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88665a',
    500: '#552d1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d1f;
$custom-light: #88665a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.556,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34566,
    "c": 0.06357,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D1F

secondary

#46788A

accent

#B4D652

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0604

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D1F

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

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