#523D22#523D22

#523D22 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.050 H 72.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523D22
RGB	rgb(82, 61, 34)
HSL	hsl(34, 41%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 58.5%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.43, 5.47, 20.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.43, 20.81, 74.76°)
OKLab	oklab(37.64% 0.0154 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(37.64% 0.05 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.4374, 5.2472, 2.2395)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523D22 #223752

analogous

#522522 #523D22 #4F5222

triadic

#523D22 #22523D #3D2252

tetradic

#523D22 #225225 #223752 #52224F

square

#523D22 #225225 #223752 #52224F

split-complementary

#523D22 #224F52 #252252

monochromatic

#161009 #271D10 #523D22 #7D5D34 #A97D46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#523D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#523D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523D22

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523D22	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 61, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.050 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84725d',
    500: '#523d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523d22;
$custom-light: #84725d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.75,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37641,
    "c": 0.0504,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523D22

secondary

#4A6486

accent

#8CD157

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFECE9

border

#CAC7C5

text

#0B0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #523D22

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

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