#512C15#512C15

#512C15 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.065 H 50.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C15
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 21)
HSL	hsl(23, 59%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(23, 74%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 74.1%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.32, 14.76, 21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.32, 26.42, 56.04°)
OKLab	oklab(33.59% 0.041 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(33.59% 0.065 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.4297, 3.6053, 1.1719)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C15 #153A51

analogous

#51151C #512C15 #514A15

triadic

#512C15 #15512C #2C1551

tetradic

#512C15 #1C5115 #153A51 #4A1551

square

#512C15 #1C5115 #153A51 #4A1551

split-complementary

#512C15 #15514A #151C51

monochromatic

#180D06 #201208 #512C15 #824622 #B2612E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#512C15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#512C15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C15

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C15	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3915

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592527

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.065 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856553',
    500: '#512c15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c15;
$custom-light: #856553;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33585,
    "c": 0.06489,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C15

secondary

#396A89

accent

#A6E246

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C15

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

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