#523D17#523D17

#523D17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.061 H 79.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523D17
RGB	rgb(82, 61, 23)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 72%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.28, 4.51, 26.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.28, 26.70, 80.27°)
OKLab	oklab(37.48% 0.0109 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(37.48% 0.061 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.3034, 5.1936, 1.5336)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523D17 #172C52

analogous

#521F17 #523D17 #495217

triadic

#523D17 #17523D #3D1752

tetradic

#523D17 #17521F #172C52 #521749

square

#523D17 #17521F #172C52 #521749

split-complementary

#523D17 #174952 #1F1752

monochromatic

#181207 #22190A #523D17 #826124 #B28432

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#523D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#523D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523D17

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523D17	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593735

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 61, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.061 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857256',
    500: '#523d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523d17;
$custom-light: #857256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.644,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37477,
    "c": 0.06103,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523D17

secondary

#3C5789

accent

#7EDF48

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0ECE9

border

#CBC7C5

text

#0B0703

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #523D17

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

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