#552E1A#552E1A

#552E1A is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.065 H 46.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E1A
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 26)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(20, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 69.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.54, 15.79, 20.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.54, 25.80, 52.28°)
OKLab	oklab(34.68% 0.0447 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(34.68% 0.065 46.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9101, 3.9604, 1.4829)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E1A #1A4155

analogous

#551A24 #552E1A #554C1A

triadic

#552E1A #1A552E #2E1A55

tetradic

#552E1A #24551A #1A4155 #4C1A55

square

#552E1A #24551A #1A4155 #4C1A55

split-complementary

#552E1A #1A554C #1A2455

monochromatic

#170D07 #26150C #552E1A #844728 #B36137

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#552E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#552E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E1A

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E1A	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2629

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.065 46.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886757',
    500: '#552e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e1a;
$custom-light: #886757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.339,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34676,
    "c": 0.06536,
    "h": 46.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E1A

secondary

#40728B

accent

#ABDD4B

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E1A

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

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