#503E38#503E38

#503E38 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.027 H 39.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503E38
RGB	rgb(80, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 18%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(15, 30%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 30%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.94, 6.81, 6.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.94, 9.54, 44.46°)
OKLab	oklab(38.14% 0.0212 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(38.14% 0.027 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.7448, 5.4365, 4.4874)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503E38 #384A50

analogous

#50383E #503E38 #504A38

triadic

#503E38 #38503E #3E3850

tetradic

#503E38 #3E5038 #384A50 #4A3850

square

#503E38 #3E5038 #384A50 #4A3850

split-complementary

#503E38 #38504A #383E50

monochromatic

#120E0D #2C221F #503E38 #745A51 #97766B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#503E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#503E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503E38

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503E38	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553B3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.027 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81736e',
    500: '#503e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503e38;
$custom-light: #81736e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3814,
    "c": 0.02733,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503E38

secondary

#647980

accent

#A7BA6D

background

#F7F6F6

surface

#EEECEB

border

#C9C7C6

text

#0A0807

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #503E38

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

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