#522B15#522B15

#522B15 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.067 H 48.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B15
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 21)
HSL	hsl(22, 59%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(22, 74%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 74.4%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.22, 15.87, 21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.22, 27.00, 53.99°)
OKLab	oklab(33.54% 0.0443 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(33.54% 0.067 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.4793, 3.5762, 1.1637)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B15 #153C52

analogous

#52151E #522B15 #524915

triadic

#522B15 #15522B #2B1552

tetradic

#522B15 #1E5215 #153C52 #491552

square

#522B15 #1E5215 #153C52 #491552

split-complementary

#522B15 #155249 #151E52

monochromatic

#180D06 #211109 #522B15 #834521 #B35E2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#522B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#522B15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B15

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B15	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3915

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.067 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866553',
    500: '#522b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b15;
$custom-light: #866553;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.639,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33538,
    "c": 0.06684,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B15

secondary

#396D8A

accent

#AAE245

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B15

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

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