#523F17#523F17

#523F17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.062 H 83.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523F17
RGB	rgb(82, 63, 23)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 72%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.88, 3.24, 26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.88, 27.16, 83.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% 0.0072 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.062 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.4121, 5.4111, 1.5698)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523F17 #172A52

analogous

#522117 #523F17 #475217

triadic

#523F17 #17523F #3F1752

tetradic

#523F17 #175221 #172A52 #521747

square

#523F17 #175221 #172A52 #521747

split-complementary

#523F17 #174752 #211752

monochromatic

#181207 #221A0A #523F17 #826424 #B28832

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#523F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#523F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523F17

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523F17	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 63, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.062 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857356',
    500: '#523f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523f17;
$custom-light: #857356;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.678,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37944,
    "c": 0.06185,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523F17

secondary

#3C5589

accent

#79DF48

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #523F17

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

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