#502C16#502C16

#502C16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.063 H 50.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#502C16
RGB	rgb(80, 44, 22)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(23, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45%, 72.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.18, 14.34, 21.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.18, 25.51, 55.79°)
OKLab	oklab(33.45% 0.0401 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(33.45% 0.063 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.3541, 3.5652, 1.2178)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#502C16 #163A50

analogous

#50161D #502C16 #504916

triadic

#502C16 #16502C #2C1650

tetradic

#502C16 #1D5016 #163A50 #491650

square

#502C16 #1D5016 #163A50 #491650

split-complementary

#502C16 #165049 #161D50

monochromatic

#180D07 #201209 #502C16 #804623 #B06130

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.26

#502C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#502C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #502C16

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##502C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##502C16	1.00	12.26	1.71	12.26
#FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3816

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582527

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #502c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 44, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.063 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856554',
    500: '#502c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #502c16;
$custom-light: #856554;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#502c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.759,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33446,
    "c": 0.06308,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#502C16

secondary

#3A6A87

accent

#A6E048

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0B0502

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #502C16

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

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