#522C18#522C18

#522C18 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.064 H 47.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522C18
RGB	rgb(82, 44, 24)
HSL	hsl(21, 55%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 70.7%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.52, 15.46, 20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.52, 25.54, 52.76°)
OKLab	oklab(33.78% 0.0436 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(33.78% 0.064 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.5456, 3.6616, 1.3314)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522C18 #183E52

analogous

#521821 #522C18 #524918

triadic

#522C18 #18522C #2C1852

tetradic

#522C18 #215218 #183E52 #491852

square

#522C18 #215218 #183E52 #491852

split-complementary

#522C18 #185249 #182152

monochromatic

#180D07 #23130A #522C18 #814526 #B15F34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#522C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#522C18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522C18

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522C18	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403918

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2527

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 44, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.064 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866555',
    500: '#522c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522c18;
$custom-light: #866555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.69,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33783,
    "c": 0.06436,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522C18

secondary

#3D6F89

accent

#ABDE4A

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE8

border

#CBC6C4

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #522C18

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

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