#523F12#523F12

#523F12 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.066 H 85.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523F12
RGB	rgb(82, 63, 18)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 78%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.83, 2.91, 29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.83, 29.64, 84.36°)
OKLab	oklab(37.89% 0.0055 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(37.89% 0.066 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.3667, 5.3929, 1.3304)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523F12 #122552

analogous

#521F12 #523F12 #455212

triadic

#523F12 #12523F #3F1252

tetradic

#523F12 #12521F #122552 #521245

square

#523F12 #12521F #122552 #521245

split-complementary

#523F12 #124552 #1F1252

monochromatic

#191306 #201807 #523F12 #84661D #B68C28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#523F12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#523F12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523F12

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523F12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523F12	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#483F0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4414

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523f12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 63, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.066 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857353',
    500: '#523f12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523f12;
$custom-light: #857353;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523f12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.188,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3789,
    "c": 0.06603,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523F12

secondary

#354E8B

accent

#72E741

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0ECE7

border

#CBC7C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #523F12

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

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