#552E1F#552E1F

#552E1F is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.063 H 41.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E1F
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 31)
HSL	hsl(17, 47%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(17, 64%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 63.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.62, 16.20, 17.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.62, 23.73, 46.92°)
OKLab	oklab(34.76% 0.0469 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(34.76% 0.063 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9710, 3.9847, 1.8034)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E1F #1F4655

analogous

#551F2B #552E1F #55491F

triadic

#552E1F #1F552E #2E1F55

tetradic

#552E1F #2B551F #1F4655 #491F55

square

#552E1F #2B551F #1F4655 #491F55

split-complementary

#552E1F #1F5549 #1F2B55

monochromatic

#160C08 #28160F #552E1F #82462F #AF5F40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#552E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#552E1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E1F

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E1F	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)

#38331E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423C1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D272A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.063 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88675b',
    500: '#552e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e1f;
$custom-light: #88675b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.667,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34764,
    "c": 0.06259,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E1F

secondary

#46778A

accent

#B1D652

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0604

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E1F

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

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