#552E1E#552E1E

#552E1E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.063 H 42.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E1E
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 30)
HSL	hsl(17, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(17, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 64.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.60, 16.12, 17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.60, 24.13, 48.09°)
OKLab	oklab(34.74% 0.0464 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(34.74% 0.063 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.9580, 3.9795, 1.7351)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E1E #1E4555

analogous

#551E29 #552E1E #554A1E

triadic

#552E1E #1E552E #2E1E55

tetradic

#552E1E #29551E #1E4555 #4A1E55

square

#552E1E #29551E #1E4555 #4A1E55

split-complementary

#552E1E #1E554A #1E2955

monochromatic

#170C08 #28160E #552E1E #82462E #AF5F3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#552E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#552E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E1E

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E1E	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38331D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D272A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.063 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88675a',
    500: '#552e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e1e;
$custom-light: #88675a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.455,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34745,
    "c": 0.06313,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E1E

secondary

#45768A

accent

#B0D750

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E1E

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

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