#512B14#512B14

#512B14 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.066 H 50.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B14
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 20)
HSL	hsl(23, 60%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(23, 75%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.9%, 75.3%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.05, 15.32, 22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.05, 26.98, 55.40°)
OKLab	oklab(33.37% 0.0425 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(33.37% 0.066 50)
XYZ	xyz(4.3838, 3.5281, 1.1118)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B14 #143A51

analogous

#51141C #512B14 #514A14

triadic

#512B14 #14512B #2B1451

tetradic

#512B14 #1C5114 #143A51 #4A1451

square

#512B14 #1C5114 #143A51 #4A1451

split-complementary

#512B14 #14514A #141C51

monochromatic

#190D06 #201108 #512B14 #824520 #B35F2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#512B14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#512B14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B14

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B14	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3814

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.066 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866452',
    500: '#512b14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b14;
$custom-light: #866452;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.623,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33368,
    "c": 0.06619,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.03528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B14

secondary

#386A89

accent

#A7E444

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B14

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

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