#523D16#523D16

#523D16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.062 H 80.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523D16
RGB	rgb(82, 61, 22)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 73.2%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.27, 4.44, 26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.27, 27.22, 80.60°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% 0.0105 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.062 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.2936, 5.1896, 1.4818)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523D16 #162B52

analogous

#521F16 #523D16 #495216

triadic

#523D16 #16523D #3D1652

tetradic

#523D16 #16521F #162B52 #521649

square

#523D16 #16521F #162B52 #521649

split-complementary

#523D16 #164952 #1F1652

monochromatic

#181206 #221909 #523D16 #826123 #B38530

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#523D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#523D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523D16

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523D16	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593735

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 61, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.062 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857255',
    500: '#523d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523d16;
$custom-light: #857255;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37465,
    "c": 0.0619,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523D16

secondary

#3A5689

accent

#7DE147

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0ECE9

border

#CBC7C5

text

#0B0703

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #523D16

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

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