#552E18#552E18

#552E18 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.067 H 48.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E18
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 24)
HSL	hsl(22, 56%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(22, 72%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 71.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.51, 15.64, 21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.51, 26.68, 54.11°)
OKLab	oklab(34.64% 0.0438 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(34.64% 0.067 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.8886, 3.9517, 1.3693)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E18 #183F55

analogous

#551821 #552E18 #554D18

triadic

#552E18 #18552E #2E1855

tetradic

#552E18 #215518 #183F55 #4D1855

square

#552E18 #215518 #183F55 #4D1855

split-complementary

#552E18 #18554D #182155

monochromatic

#180D07 #25140B #552E18 #854825 #B46233

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#552E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#552E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E18

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E18	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2629

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.067 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886755',
    500: '#552e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e18;
$custom-light: #886755;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.639,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34644,
    "c": 0.0665,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E18

secondary

#3D6F8C

accent

#A9DF49

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E18

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

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