#542E16#542E16

#542E16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.066 H 51.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E16
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 22)
HSL	hsl(23, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(23, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 73.8%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.33, 15.02, 22.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.33, 27.11, 56.37°)
OKLab	oklab(34.46% 0.0417 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(34.46% 0.066 51.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7784, 3.8972, 1.2595)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E16 #163C54

analogous

#54161D #542E16 #544D16

triadic

#542E16 #16542E #2E1654

tetradic

#542E16 #1D5416 #163C54 #4D1654

square

#542E16 #1D5416 #163C54 #4D1654

split-complementary

#542E16 #16544D #161D54

monochromatic

#180D06 #241309 #542E16 #844923 #B5632F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#542E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#542E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E16

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E16	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2629

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.066 51.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886754',
    500: '#542e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e16;
$custom-light: #886754;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.226,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34463,
    "c": 0.06647,
    "h": 51.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E16

secondary

#3A6C8B

accent

#A5E246

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0C0602

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E16

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

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