#522B18#522B18

#522B18 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.065 H 45.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B18
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 24)
HSL	hsl(20, 55%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(20, 71%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 70.7%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.26, 16.09, 20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.26, 25.69, 51.23°)
OKLab	oklab(33.58% 0.0455 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(33.58% 0.065 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.5088, 3.5880, 1.3191)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B18 #183F52

analogous

#521822 #522B18 #524818

triadic

#522B18 #18522B #2B1852

tetradic

#522B18 #225218 #183F52 #481852

square

#522B18 #225218 #183F52 #481852

split-complementary

#522B18 #185248 #182252

monochromatic

#180C07 #23120A #522B18 #814426 #B15D34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#522B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#522B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B18

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B18	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3918

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2327

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.065 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866555',
    500: '#522b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b18;
$custom-light: #866555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.655,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33584,
    "c": 0.06519,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B18

secondary

#3D7089

accent

#ADDE4A

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE8

border

#CBC6C4

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B18

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

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