#552E17#552E17

#552E17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.067 H 49.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E17
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 23)
HSL	hsl(22, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(22, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 72.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.50, 15.57, 22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.50, 27.12, 54.97°)
OKLab	oklab(34.63% 0.0434 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(34.63% 0.067 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8784, 3.9477, 1.3155)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E17 #173E55

analogous

#55171F #552E17 #554D17

triadic

#552E17 #17552E #2E1755

tetradic

#552E17 #1F5517 #173E55 #4D1755

square

#552E17 #1F5517 #173E55 #4D1755

split-complementary

#552E17 #17554D #171F55

monochromatic

#180D07 #25140A #552E17 #854824 #B56231

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#552E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#552E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E17

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E17	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)

#393315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2629

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.067 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896755',
    500: '#552e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e17;
$custom-light: #896755;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.258,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34629,
    "c": 0.06708,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E17

secondary

#3C6E8C

accent

#A8E147

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE8

border

#CBC6C4

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E17

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

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