#512A15#512A15

#512A15 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.066 H 47.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512A15
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 21)
HSL	hsl(21, 59%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(21, 74%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 74.1%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.80, 16.02, 21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.80, 26.67, 53.08°)
OKLab	oklab(33.18% 0.0448 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(33.18% 0.066 47.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.3570, 3.4599, 1.1477)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512A15 #153C51

analogous

#51151E #512A15 #514815

triadic

#512A15 #15512A #2A1551

tetradic

#512A15 #1E5115 #153C51 #481551

square

#512A15 #1E5115 #153C51 #481551

split-complementary

#512A15 #155148 #151E51

monochromatic

#180D06 #201108 #512A15 #824322 #B25C2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#512A15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#512A15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512A15

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512A15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512A15	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#352F13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3815

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592225

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512a15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.066 47.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866453',
    500: '#512a15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512a15;
$custom-light: #866453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512a15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33183,
    "c": 0.06641,
    "h": 47.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512A15

secondary

#396D89

accent

#ABE246

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #512A15

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

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