#522B16#522B16

#522B16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.066 H 47.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B16
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 22)
HSL	hsl(21, 58%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(21, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 73.2%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.23, 15.94, 21.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.23, 26.56, 53.12°)
OKLab	oklab(33.55% 0.0447 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(33.55% 0.066 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.4887, 3.5800, 1.2135)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B16 #163D52

analogous

#52161F #522B16 #524916

triadic

#522B16 #16522B #2B1652

tetradic

#522B16 #1F5216 #163D52 #491652

square

#522B16 #1F5216 #163D52 #491652

split-complementary

#522B16 #165249 #161F52

monochromatic

#180D06 #221209 #522B16 #824423 #B35E30

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#522B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#522B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B16

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B16	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)

#363014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3916

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.066 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866554',
    500: '#522b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b16;
$custom-light: #866554;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33553,
    "c": 0.0663,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B16

secondary

#3A6E89

accent

#ABE147

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B16

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

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