#522C16#522C16

#522C16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.066 H 49.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522C16
RGB	rgb(82, 44, 22)
HSL	hsl(22, 58%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(22, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 73.2%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.49, 15.31, 21.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.49, 26.43, 54.59°)
OKLab	oklab(33.75% 0.0428 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(33.75% 0.066 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.5255, 3.6536, 1.2258)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522C16 #163C52

analogous

#52161E #522C16 #524A16

triadic

#522C16 #16522C #2C1652

tetradic

#522C16 #1E5216 #163C52 #4A1652

square

#522C16 #1E5216 #163C52 #4A1652

split-complementary

#522C16 #16524A #161E52

monochromatic

#180D06 #221209 #522C16 #824623 #B36030

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#522C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#522C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522C16

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522C16	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403916

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2427

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 44, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.066 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866554',
    500: '#522c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522c16;
$custom-light: #866554;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33753,
    "c": 0.06551,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522C16

secondary

#3A6C89

accent

#A8E147

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #522C16

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

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