#523B15#523B15

#523B15 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.062 H 77.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523B15
RGB	rgb(82, 59, 21)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 74.4%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.67, 5.65, 26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.67, 27.33, 78.07°)
OKLab	oklab(36.99% 0.0139 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(36.99% 0.062 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.1793, 4.9763, 1.3971)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523B15 #152C52

analogous

#521C15 #523B15 #4A5215

triadic

#523B15 #15523B #3B1552

tetradic

#523B15 #15521C #152C52 #52154A

square

#523B15 #15521C #152C52 #52154A

split-complementary

#523B15 #154A52 #1C1552

monochromatic

#181206 #211809 #523B15 #835E21 #B3812E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#523B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#523B15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523B15

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523B15	1.00	10.53	2.00	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494116

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A3533

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 59, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.062 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857054',
    500: '#523b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523b15;
$custom-light: #857054;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.377,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3699,
    "c": 0.06215,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523B15

secondary

#39578A

accent

#81E245

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0ECE8

border

#CBC7C4

text

#0B0703

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #523B15

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

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