#552F1A#552F1A

#552F1A is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.065 H 48.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F1A
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 26)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(21, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 69.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.80, 15.16, 20.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.80, 25.67, 53.81°)
OKLab	oklab(34.88% 0.0428 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(34.88% 0.065 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9497, 4.0394, 1.4961)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F1A #1A4055

analogous

#551A23 #552F1A #554D1A

triadic

#552F1A #1A552F #2F1A55

tetradic

#552F1A #23551A #1A4055 #4D1A55

square

#552F1A #23551A #1A4055 #4D1A55

split-complementary

#552F1A #1A554D #1A2355

monochromatic

#170D07 #26150C #552F1A #844928 #B36337

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#552F1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#552F1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F1A

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F1A	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433C1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D282A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.065 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886857',
    500: '#552f1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f1a;
$custom-light: #886857;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.356,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34877,
    "c": 0.06457,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F1A

secondary

#40708B

accent

#A9DD4B

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F1A

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

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