#552E1D#552E1D

#552E1D is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.064 H 43.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E1D
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 29)
HSL	hsl(18, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(18, 66%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 65.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.59, 16.03, 18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.59, 24.53, 49.20°)
OKLab	oklab(34.73% 0.046 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(34.73% 0.064 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.9454, 3.9745, 1.6689)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E1D #1D4455

analogous

#551D28 #552E1D #554A1D

triadic

#552E1D #1D552E #2E1D55

tetradic

#552E1D #28551D #1D4455 #4A1D55

square

#552E1D #28551D #1D4455 #4A1D55

split-complementary

#552E1D #1D554A #1D2855

monochromatic

#170C08 #27150D #552E1D #83472D #B05F3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#552E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#552E1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E1D

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E1D	1.00	11.70	1.79	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38331B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D272A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.064 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886759',
    500: '#552e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e1d;
$custom-light: #886759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.214,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34727,
    "c": 0.06367,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E1D

secondary

#44758A

accent

#AFD94F

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E1D

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

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