#512B18#512B18

#512B18 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.064 H 46.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B18
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 24)
HSL	hsl(20, 54%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(20, 70%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.9%, 70.4%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.10, 15.61, 19.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.10, 25.22, 51.76°)
OKLab	oklab(33.43% 0.0442 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(33.43% 0.064 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.4224, 3.5435, 1.3150)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B18 #183E51

analogous

#511821 #512B18 #514718

triadic

#512B18 #18512B #2B1851

tetradic

#512B18 #215118 #183E51 #471851

square

#512B18 #215118 #183E51 #471851

split-complementary

#512B18 #185147 #182151

monochromatic

#180D07 #22120A #512B18 #804426 #AF5D34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#512B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#512B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B18

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B18	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592427

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.064 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856555',
    500: '#512b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b18;
$custom-light: #856555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33429,
    "c": 0.06392,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B18

secondary

#3D6F88

accent

#ACDE4A

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE8

border

#CBC6C4

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B18

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

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