#552E14#552E14

#552E14 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.069 H 52.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E14
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 20)
HSL	hsl(24, 62%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(24, 76%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 76.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.46, 15.37, 23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.46, 28.46, 57.31°)
OKLab	oklab(34.59% 0.0423 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(34.59% 0.069 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.8500, 3.9363, 1.1661)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E14 #143B55

analogous

#55141A #552E14 #554E14

triadic

#552E14 #14552E #2E1455

tetradic

#552E14 #1A5514 #143B55 #4E1455

square

#552E14 #1A5514 #143B55 #4E1455

split-complementary

#552E14 #14554E #141A55

monochromatic

#190D06 #231308 #552E14 #874920 #B8642B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#552E14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#552E14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E14

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E14	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393311

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2628

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.069 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896752',
    500: '#552e14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e14;
$custom-light: #896752;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34588,
    "c": 0.0688,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E14

secondary

#386B8D

accent

#A4E543

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0602

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E14

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

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