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Buried Turmeric

#531606
Notes

Buried Turmeric (#531606) is a deep red with a jewel character. It carries the deep, saturated richness of a gemstone. Authoritative and slightly formal, it works well for type and heavy UI elements. Its HSL profile (12°, 87%, 17%) places it in the highly saturated band at a dark lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary cyan. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#531606
RGB
rgb(83, 22, 6)
HSL
hsl(12, 87%, 17%)
HWB
hwb(12 2% 67%)
OKLCH
oklch(30.0% 0.094 35.4)
HSV
hsv(12, 93%, 33%)
LAB
lab(17.58% 27.52 24.08)
LCH
lch(17.58% 36.57 41.19)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 73%, 93%, 67%)

Etymology

Buried
adjective

Old English byrgan, to inter — past-participle of bury. As a color modifier, buried implies the deep-shrouded darkness of a sealed-and-covered hue, where surface qualities are obscured by intervening material. Sits at the deep-and-obscured end of the grid, parallel to cloaked and entombed.

Turmeric
noun

Curcuma longa, the rhizome that gives South and Southeast Asian curries their yellow-orange color and their anti-inflammatory reputation. The color refers to fresh-ground turmeric powder: a saturated, slightly red yellow-orange with the dusty finish of plant-derived pigment. Warmer than mustard, drier than saffron.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#531606
Original
#282204
Protanopia
#373004
Deuteranopia
#5c0313
Tritanopia
#222222
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon White
14.14:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon Black
1.49:1

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