#552F1C#552F1C

#552F1C is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.063 H 46.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F1C
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 28)
HSL	hsl(20, 50%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(20, 67%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 67.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.83, 15.32, 19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.83, 24.80, 51.86°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.0436 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.063 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9728, 4.0487, 1.6180)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F1C #1C4255

analogous

#551C26 #552F1C #554C1C

triadic

#552F1C #1C552F #2F1C55

tetradic

#552F1C #26551C #1C4255 #4C1C55

square

#552F1C #26551C #1C4255 #4C1C55

split-complementary

#552F1C #1C554C #1C2655

monochromatic

#170D08 #27160D #552F1C #83482B #B1623A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#552F1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#552F1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F1C

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F1C	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39341A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423C1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D282A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.063 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886858',
    500: '#552f1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f1c;
$custom-light: #886858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3491,
    "c": 0.06339,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F1C

secondary

#42728B

accent

#ABDA4E

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F1C

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

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