#523500

Color #523500

A vivid, highly saturated very dark orange.

Closest named color Saddle Brown #8b4513 · ΔE 22.98 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-900 #733e0a · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#523500

RGB

rgb(82, 53, 0)

HSL

hsl(38.8, 100%, 16.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38.8, 100%, 32.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 35.4%, 100%, 67.8%)

LAB

lab(24.77, 8.49, 34.3)

LCH

lch(24.77, 35.34, 76.1)

OKLCH

oklch(35.4%, 0.0747, 75.18)

HWB

hwb(38.8, 0%, 67.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#001d52

Analogous

#520c00

#523500

#465200

Triadic

#523500

#005235

#350052

Split-complementary

#523500

#004652

#0c0052

Tetradic

#523500

#1d5200

#001d52

#350052

Square

#523500

#00520c

#001d52

#520046

Shades

Color #523500 mixed toward black.

#442c00

#372300

#291b00

#1b1200

#0e0900

Tints

Color #523500 mixed toward white.

#996300

#e19100

#ffb329

#ffcd70

#ffe6b8

Tones

Color #523500 mixed toward gray.

#4b3307

#44310e

#3e2f15

#372d1b

#302b22

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.87:1

White text reads better on this background (11.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#474717 · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#494b1b · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#512123 · ΔE 21.6

Achromatopsia

#3b3b3b · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #523500;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#523500]

Related colors

Orange #ffa500

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Wheat #f5deb3

Moccasin #ffe4b5

Floral White #fffaf0

Papaya Whip #ffefd5

Frequently asked questions

#523500 (#523500) is rgb(82, 53, 0) in RGB.

No, #523500 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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