#503B17#503B17

#503B17 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.059 H 78.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503B17
RGB	rgb(80, 59, 23)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 71.2%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.44, 4.78, 25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.44, 25.77, 79.32°)
OKLab	oklab(36.76% 0.0118 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(36.76% 0.059 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0272, 4.8956, 1.4906)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503B17 #172C50

analogous

#501F17 #503B17 #485017

triadic

#503B17 #17503B #3B1750

tetradic

#503B17 #17501F #172C50 #501748

square

#503B17 #17501F #172C50 #501748

split-complementary

#503B17 #174850 #1F1750

monochromatic

#181207 #201809 #503B17 #805E25 #AF8132

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#503B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#503B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503B17

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503B17	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433B13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573533

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 59, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.059 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847055',
    500: '#503b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503b17;
$custom-light: #847055;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36759,
    "c": 0.05918,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503B17

secondary

#3C5787

accent

#80DF49

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFECE9

border

#CAC7C5

text

#0B0703

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #503B17

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

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