#552F1F#552F1F

#552F1F is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.062 H 43.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F1F
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 31)
HSL	hsl(18, 47%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(18, 64%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 63.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.88, 15.58, 17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.88, 23.55, 48.58°)
OKLab	oklab(34.96% 0.0449 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(34.96% 0.062 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0105, 4.0637, 1.8166)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F1F #1F4555

analogous

#551F2A #552F1F #554A1F

triadic

#552F1F #1F552F #2F1F55

tetradic

#552F1F #2A551F #1F4555 #4A1F55

square

#552F1F #2A551F #1F4555 #4A1F55

split-complementary

#552F1F #1F554A #1F2A55

monochromatic

#160C08 #28160F #552F1F #82482F #AF6140

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#552F1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#552F1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F1F

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F1F	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)

#39341E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423C1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D282B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.062 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88685b',
    500: '#552f1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f1f;
$custom-light: #88685b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.778,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34964,
    "c": 0.06168,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F1F

secondary

#46768A

accent

#AFD652

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0604

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F1F

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

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