#520B00Burned (#520B00) is a very dark, soft red with an OKLCH hue of 33°, lightness 0.29 and chroma 0.104. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #520B00 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(82, 11, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(8, 100%, 16%) |
| HSV | hsv(8, 100%, 32%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 87%, 100%, 68%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(15.7 31.4 24.1) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.285 0.104 33) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Burned is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.4), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#520800 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged#530a00 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged#520b00 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#520b00 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchangedTest Burned in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 14.93:1 and against black 1.41:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#c08b7f · #9e6356 · #7c3d30 · #520b00 · #2e0000 · #080000
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#673f0f · #5e2700 · #520b00 · #41000c · #2c0010 · #19000e
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#cab78f · #c88778 · #987626 · #8a4b3d · #504221 · #520b00
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#69d6ed · #805a51 · #56403b · #520b00 · #240401 · #050000
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e7f5f8 · #c0aeaa · #70797b · #4d3c38 · #520b00 · #0c1719
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e7f5f8 · #bccdd1 · #8ea1a6 · #0f292f · #00070b · #520b00
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#dbf8ff · #6fc1d3 · #00869b · #004a56 · #520b00 · #280a05
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#cbd9b9 · #87b6dd · #557875 · #313d33 · #520b00 · #180d03
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e3f8e8 · #89c39a · #6472b5 · #323c70 · #520b00 · #001b09
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#edf6df · #a8bc80 · #00869b · #4b3467 · #520b00 · #00191f
#703225 · #8F5649 · #AD7A6E · #CBA095 · #EAC6BE
#480700 · #3E0400 · #340200 · #2B0100 · #210000
#4B160C · #431E16 · #3B231E
As a deep tone it works for grounding elements — text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces — rather than open fields. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.