#552E11#552E11

#552E11 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.070 H 54.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E11
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 17)
HSL	hsl(26, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(26, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.43, 15.19, 25.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.43, 29.79, 59.33°)
OKLab	oklab(34.55% 0.0412 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(34.55% 0.07 54.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.8249, 3.9263, 1.0340)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E11 #113855

analogous

#551116 #552E11 #555011

triadic

#552E11 #11552E #2E1155

tetradic

#552E11 #165511 #113855 #501155

square

#552E11 #165511 #113855 #501155

split-complementary

#552E11 #115550 #111655

monochromatic

#1A0E05 #221207 #552E11 #884A1B #BB6525

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#552E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#552E11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E11

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E11	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39320E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433B11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2628

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.070 54.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896750',
    500: '#552e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e11;
$custom-light: #896750;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.588,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34552,
    "c": 0.07045,
    "h": 54.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E11

secondary

#34688E

accent

#A1EA3E

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0602

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E11

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

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