#512D17#512D17

#512D17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.063 H 50.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D17
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 23)
HSL	hsl(23, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(23, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 71.6%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.61, 14.27, 21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.61, 25.41, 55.84°)
OKLab	oklab(33.82% 0.0399 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(33.82% 0.063 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.4867, 3.6884, 1.2861)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D17 #173B51

analogous

#51171E #512D17 #514A17

triadic

#512D17 #17512D #2D1751

tetradic

#512D17 #1E5117 #173B51 #4A1751

square

#512D17 #1E5117 #173B51 #4A1751

split-complementary

#512D17 #17514A #171E51

monochromatic

#180D07 #211309 #512D17 #814725 #B06232

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#512D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#512D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D17

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D17	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403917

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592628

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.063 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856654',
    500: '#512d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d17;
$custom-light: #856654;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.759,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33818,
    "c": 0.06298,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D17

secondary

#3C6B88

accent

#A6DF49

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0B0603

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D17

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

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