#502B16#502B16

#502B16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.064 H 48.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502B16
RGB	rgb(80, 43, 22)
HSL	hsl(22, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(22, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 72.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.91, 14.98, 20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.91, 25.63, 54.23°)
OKLab	oklab(33.24% 0.042 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(33.24% 0.064 48.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.3173, 3.4916, 1.2055)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502B16 #163B50

analogous

#50161E #502B16 #504816

triadic

#502B16 #16502B #2B1650

tetradic

#502B16 #1E5016 #163B50 #481650

square

#502B16 #1E5016 #163B50 #481650

split-complementary

#502B16 #165048 #161E50

monochromatic

#180D07 #201109 #502B16 #804523 #B05F30

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#502B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#502B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502B16

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502B16	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#352F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3816

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 43, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.064 48.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856454',
    500: '#502b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502b16;
$custom-light: #856454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.724,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33243,
    "c": 0.06382,
    "h": 48.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502B16

secondary

#3A6C87

accent

#A9E048

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0B0502

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #502B16

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

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