#523A18#523A18

#523A18 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.059 H 73.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523A18
RGB	rgb(82, 58, 24)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 70.7%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.41, 6.50, 24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.41, 25.64, 75.30°)
OKLab	oklab(36.8% 0.0169 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(36.8% 0.059 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.1579, 4.8863, 1.5355)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523A18 #183052

analogous

#521D18 #523A18 #4D5218

triadic

#523A18 #18523A #3A1852

tetradic

#523A18 #18521D #183052 #52184D

square

#523A18 #18521D #183052 #52184D

split-complementary

#523A18 #184D52 #1D1852

monochromatic

#181107 #23190A #523A18 #815B26 #B17D34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#523A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#523A18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523A18

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523A18	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433B15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484119

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593432

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 58, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.059 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857056',
    500: '#523a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523a18;
$custom-light: #857056;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.172,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36799,
    "c": 0.05942,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523A18

secondary

#3D5C89

accent

#87DE4A

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0ECE9

border

#CBC7C5

text

#0B0703

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #523A18

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

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