#552F17#552F17

#552F17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.066 H 51.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F17
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 23)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(23, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 72.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.76, 14.94, 22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.76, 27.01, 56.42°)
OKLab	oklab(34.83% 0.0415 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(34.83% 0.066 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.9179, 4.0267, 1.3287)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F17 #173D55

analogous

#55171E #552F17 #554E17

triadic

#552F17 #17552F #2F1755

tetradic

#552F17 #1E5517 #173D55 #4E1755

square

#552F17 #1E5517 #173D55 #4E1755

split-complementary

#552F17 #17554E #171E55

monochromatic

#180D07 #25140A #552F17 #854A24 #B56431

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#552F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#552F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F17

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F17	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433C17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D272A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.066 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886855',
    500: '#552f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f17;
$custom-light: #886855;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.226,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34831,
    "c": 0.06637,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F17

secondary

#3C6D8C

accent

#A5E147

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE8

border

#CBC6C4

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F17

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

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