#552E15#552E15

#552E15 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.068 H 51.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E15
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 21)
HSL	hsl(23, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(23, 75%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 75.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.47, 15.43, 23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.47, 28.01, 56.57°)
OKLab	oklab(34.6% 0.0427 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(34.6% 0.068 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.8591, 3.9399, 1.2139)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E15 #153C55

analogous

#55151C #552E15 #554E15

triadic

#552E15 #15552E #2E1555

tetradic

#552E15 #1C5515 #153C55 #4E1555

square

#552E15 #1C5515 #153C55 #4E1555

split-complementary

#552E15 #15554E #151C55

monochromatic

#190D06 #241309 #552E15 #864921 #B7632D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#552E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#552E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E15

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E15	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)

#393312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2628

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.068 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896753',
    500: '#552e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e15;
$custom-light: #896753;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.438,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34601,
    "c": 0.06823,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E15

secondary

#396C8D

accent

#A5E444

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0602

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E15

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

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