#512C0E#512C0E

#512C0E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.069 H 56.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C0E
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 14)
HSL	hsl(27, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(27, 83%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 82.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.24, 14.34, 25.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.24, 29.52, 60.94°)
OKLab	oklab(33.5% 0.0385 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(33.5% 0.069 56)
XYZ	xyz(4.3737, 3.5829, 0.8766)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C0E #0E3351

analogous

#510E11 #512C0E #514D0E

triadic

#512C0E #0E512C #2C0E51

tetradic

#512C0E #11510E #0E3351 #4D0E51

square

#512C0E #11510E #0E3351 #4D0E51

split-complementary

#512C0E #0E514D #0E1151

monochromatic

#1A0E05 #1D1005 #512C0E #854817 #B96520

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#512C0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#512C0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C0E

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C0E	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37300A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40380E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.069 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86654e',
    500: '#512c0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c0e;
$custom-light: #86654e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.866,
    "s": 70.526,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33498,
    "c": 0.06886,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.03582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C0E

secondary

#2F628C

accent

#9DED3A

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C0E

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

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