#512A16#512A16

#512A16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.066 H 46.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512A16
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 22)
HSL	hsl(20, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(20, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 72.8%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.81, 16.09, 20.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.81, 26.23, 52.17°)
OKLab	oklab(33.2% 0.0452 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(33.2% 0.066 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.3665, 3.4637, 1.1975)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512A16 #163D51

analogous

#51161F #512A16 #514716

triadic

#512A16 #16512A #2A1651

tetradic

#512A16 #1F5116 #163D51 #471651

square

#512A16 #1F5116 #163D51 #471651

split-complementary

#512A16 #165147 #161F51

monochromatic

#180C07 #211109 #512A16 #814323 #B15C30

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#512A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#512A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512A16

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512A16	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)

#352F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3816

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592225

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.066 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866454',
    500: '#512a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512a16;
$custom-light: #866454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.339,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33198,
    "c": 0.06586,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512A16

secondary

#3A6E88

accent

#ADE147

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #512A16

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

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