#552F1B#552F1B

#552F1B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.064 H 47.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F1B
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 27)
HSL	hsl(21, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(21, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 68.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.82, 15.24, 20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.82, 25.23, 52.86°)
OKLab	oklab(34.89% 0.0432 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(34.89% 0.064 47.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9610, 4.0440, 1.5560)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F1B #1B4155

analogous

#551B24 #552F1B #554C1B

triadic

#552F1B #1B552F #2F1B55

tetradic

#552F1B #24551B #1B4155 #4C1B55

square

#552F1B #24551B #1B4155 #4C1B55

split-complementary

#552F1B #1B554C #1B2455

monochromatic

#170D07 #27150C #552F1B #83492A #B26239

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#552F1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#552F1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F1B

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F1B	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433C1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D282A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.064 47.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886858',
    500: '#552f1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f1b;
$custom-light: #886858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.69,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34893,
    "c": 0.06397,
    "h": 47.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F1B

secondary

#41718B

accent

#AADB4D

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F1B

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

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