#552E12#552E12

#552E12 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.070 H 53.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E12
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 18)
HSL	hsl(25, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(25, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.44, 15.25, 25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.44, 29.35, 58.69°)
OKLab	oklab(34.56% 0.0415 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(34.56% 0.07 53.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8329, 3.9295, 1.0761)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E12 #123955

analogous

#551217 #552E12 #555012

triadic

#552E12 #12552E #2E1255

tetradic

#552E12 #175512 #123955 #501255

square

#552E12 #175512 #123955 #501255

split-complementary

#552E12 #125550 #121755

monochromatic

#190E05 #221307 #552E12 #88491D #BA6527

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#552E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#552E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E12

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E12	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)

#39320F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433B12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2628

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.070 53.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896751',
    500: '#552e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e12;
$custom-light: #896751;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.075,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34563,
    "c": 0.06991,
    "h": 53.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E12

secondary

#35698E

accent

#A2E840

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0602

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E12

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

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