#523D0B#523D0B

#523D0B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.070 H 84.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523D0B
RGB	rgb(82, 61, 11)
HSL	hsl(42, 76%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(42, 87%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 86.6%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.17, 3.83, 32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.17, 32.27, 83.19°)
OKLab	oklab(37.36% 0.0072 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(37.36% 0.07 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.2092, 5.1559, 1.0374)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523D0B #0B2052

analogous

#521A0B #523D0B #43520B

triadic

#523D0B #0B523D #3D0B52

tetradic

#523D0B #0B521A #0B2052 #520B43

square

#523D0B #0B521A #0B2052 #520B43

split-complementary

#523D0B #0B4352 #1A0B52

monochromatic

#1B1404 #1C1504 #523D0B #886512 #BE8D19

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#523D0B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#523D0B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523D0B

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523D0B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523D0B	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463D03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B420E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A3633

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523d0b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 61, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.070 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86724f',
    500: '#523d0b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523d0b;
$custom-light: #86724f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523d0b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.254,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37361,
    "c": 0.0699,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523D0B

secondary

#2B488E

accent

#6DF335

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0ECE7

border

#CBC7C3

text

#0C0702

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #523D0B

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

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