#552E16#552E16

#552E16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.068 H 50.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E16
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 22)
HSL	hsl(23, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(23, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 74.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.48, 15.50, 22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.48, 27.56, 55.79°)
OKLab	oklab(34.62% 0.043 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(34.62% 0.068 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8685, 3.9437, 1.2637)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E16 #163D55

analogous

#55161D #552E16 #554D16

triadic

#552E16 #16552E #2E1655

tetradic

#552E16 #1D5516 #163D55 #4D1655

square

#552E16 #1D5516 #163D55 #4D1655

split-complementary

#552E16 #16554D #161D55

monochromatic

#180D06 #241409 #552E16 #864823 #B6632F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#552E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#552E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E16

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E16	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393314

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2629

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.068 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896754',
    500: '#552e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e16;
$custom-light: #896754;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.857,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34615,
    "c": 0.06765,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E16

secondary

#3A6D8C

accent

#A7E246

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0602

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E16

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

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