#522000Evil Cigar (#522000) is a very dark, soft orange with an OKLCH hue of 48°, lightness 0.31 and chroma 0.085. 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 | #522000 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(82, 32, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(23, 100%, 16%) |
| HSV | hsv(23, 100%, 32%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 61%, 100%, 68%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(19.3 21.5 28.5) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.313 0.085 48) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Evil Cigar shifts subtly: leans toward pink; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#531e00 — ΔE 0.5, shifts subtly: leans toward pink#542000 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged#522000 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#522000 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchangedTest Evil Cigar 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 13.42:1 and against black 1.57:1, 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.
#d3ae9c · #b08672 · #8d6049 · #6c3b21 · #522000 · #1e0500
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.
#644c22 · #5c360c · #522000 · #400e07 · #2d0109 · #190007
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.
#a9a382 · #a67860 · #726827 · #504c30 · #522000 · #2f0d00
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.
#78c0e0 · #826557 · #5a4a42 · #522000 · #270f03 · #080100
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#eaf4f8 · #bfb3ac · #777e81 · #52453f · #522000 · #151d20
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.
#e9f4f9 · #c0cdd3 · #93a1a8 · #182b33 · #000911 · #522000
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#e2f6ff · #87bfd8 · #3e87a5 · #0e5067 · #522000 · #2b1408
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e2f6ff · #80c3c5 · #5c7eaf · #005356 · #522000 · #0e1b2f
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e2f8ee · #8ac4ad · #7a75ad · #47426d · #522000 · #022117
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#eaf6e6 · #a1c096 · #3e87a5 · #593b62 · #522000 · #011f2b
#6F4027 · #8C614B · #A98370 · #C7A696 · #E5CBBE
#471A00 · #3C1400 · #320F00 · #270900 · #1E0500
#4C250F · #45291A · #3E2C23
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.