#552E20#552E20

#552E20 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.062 H 40.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E20
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 32)
HSL	hsl(16, 45%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(16, 62%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 62.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.64, 16.30, 16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.64, 23.34, 45.71°)
OKLab	oklab(34.78% 0.0473 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(34.78% 0.062 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.9844, 3.9901, 1.8739)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E20 #204755

analogous

#55202C #552E20 #554820

triadic

#552E20 #20552E #2E2055

tetradic

#552E20 #2C5520 #204755 #482055

square

#552E20 #2C5520 #204755 #482055

split-complementary

#552E20 #205548 #202C55

monochromatic

#160C08 #29160F #552E20 #814631 #AE5E41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#552E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#552E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E20

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E20	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38331F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D272B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.062 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88675b',
    500: '#552e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e20;
$custom-light: #88675b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.849,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34783,
    "c": 0.06208,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E20

secondary

#47788A

accent

#B3D553

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0604

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E20

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

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