#552F20#552F20

#552F20 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.061 H 42.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F20
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 32)
HSL	hsl(17, 45%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(17, 62%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 62.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.90, 15.67, 17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.90, 23.14, 47.39°)
OKLab	oklab(34.98% 0.0454 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(34.98% 0.061 42)
XYZ	xyz(5.0239, 4.0691, 1.8871)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F20 #204655

analogous

#55202B #552F20 #554920

triadic

#552F20 #20552F #2F2055

tetradic

#552F20 #2B5520 #204655 #492055

square

#552F20 #2B5520 #204655 #492055

split-complementary

#552F20 #205549 #202B55

monochromatic

#160C08 #29160F #552F20 #814831 #AE6041

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#552F20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#552F20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F20

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F20	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39341F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D282B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.061 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88685b',
    500: '#552f20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f20;
$custom-light: #88685b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.981,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34983,
    "c": 0.06113,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.04069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F20

secondary

#47778A

accent

#B0D553

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0604

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F20

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

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