#512E17#512E17

#512E17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.062 H 52.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E17
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 23)
HSL	hsl(24, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(24, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 71.6%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.88, 13.63, 21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.88, 25.32, 57.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34.03% 0.038 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(34.03% 0.062 52.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.5253, 3.7656, 1.2990)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E17 #173A51

analogous

#51171D #512E17 #514B17

triadic

#512E17 #17512E #2E1751

tetradic

#512E17 #1D5117 #173A51 #4B1751

square

#512E17 #1D5117 #173A51 #4B1751

split-complementary

#512E17 #17514B #171D51

monochromatic

#180E07 #211309 #512E17 #814925 #B06432

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#512E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#512E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E17

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E17	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403A17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592729

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.062 52.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856755',
    500: '#512e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e17;
$custom-light: #856755;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.793,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34025,
    "c": 0.06231,
    "h": 52.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E17

secondary

#3C6A88

accent

#A3DF49

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0B0603

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E17

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

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