#552F0E#552F0E

#552F0E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.071 H 57.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F0E
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 14)
HSL	hsl(28, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(28, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 14.41, 27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 31.02, 62.31°)
OKLab	oklab(34.72% 0.0383 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(34.72% 0.071 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8425, 3.9965, 0.9318)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F0E #0E3455

analogous

#550E11 #552F0E #55530E

triadic

#552F0E #0E552F #2F0E55

tetradic

#552F0E #11550E #0E3455 #530E55

square

#552F0E #11550E #0E3455 #530E55

split-complementary

#552F0E #0E5553 #0E1155

monochromatic

#1A0F04 #201205 #552F0E #8A4C17 #BE691F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#552F0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#552F0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F0E

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F0E	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A330A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433C0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2728

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.071 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89674f',
    500: '#552f0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f0e;
$custom-light: #89674f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.887,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34723,
    "c": 0.07148,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F0E

secondary

#30638F

accent

#9AEE39

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0602

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F0E

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

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