#552F1E#552F1E

#552F1E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.062 H 44.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F1E
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 30)
HSL	hsl(19, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(19, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 64.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.86, 15.49, 18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.86, 23.96, 49.72°)
OKLab	oklab(34.95% 0.0445 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(34.95% 0.062 44.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.9975, 4.0586, 1.7482)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F1E #1E4455

analogous

#551E29 #552F1E #554A1E

triadic

#552F1E #1E552F #2F1E55

tetradic

#552F1E #29551E #1E4455 #4A1E55

square

#552F1E #29551E #1E4455 #4A1E55

split-complementary

#552F1E #1E554A #1E2955

monochromatic

#170D08 #28160E #552F1E #82482E #AF613E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#552F1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#552F1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F1E

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F1E	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39341C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D282B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.062 44.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88685a',
    500: '#552f1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f1e;
$custom-light: #88685a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.545,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34945,
    "c": 0.06224,
    "h": 44.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F1E

secondary

#45758A

accent

#AED750

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F1E

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

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