#512C19#512C19

#512C19 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.063 H 47.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C19
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 25)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(20, 69%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 69.1%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.38, 15.05, 19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.38, 24.64, 52.33°)
OKLab	oklab(33.65% 0.0427 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(33.65% 0.063 47)
XYZ	xyz(4.4698, 3.6213, 1.3831)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C19 #193E51

analogous

#511922 #512C19 #514819

triadic

#512C19 #19512C #2C1951

tetradic

#512C19 #225119 #193E51 #481951

square

#512C19 #225119 #193E51 #481951

split-complementary

#512C19 #195148 #192251

monochromatic

#170D07 #22130B #512C19 #804527 #AF5F36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#512C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#512C19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C19

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C19	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592528

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.063 47.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856556',
    500: '#512c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c19;
$custom-light: #856556;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.357,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33646,
    "c": 0.06252,
    "h": 47
  },
  "luminance": 0.03621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C19

secondary

#3E6F87

accent

#ABDC4C

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C19

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

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