#542E17#542E17

#542E17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.066 H 50.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E17
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 23)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(23, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 72.6%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.34, 15.09, 21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.34, 26.67, 55.55°)
OKLab	oklab(34.48% 0.0421 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(34.48% 0.066 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.7882, 3.9012, 1.3113)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E17 #173D54

analogous

#54171E #542E17 #544C17

triadic

#542E17 #17542E #2E1754

tetradic

#542E17 #1E5417 #173D54 #4C1754

square

#542E17 #1E5417 #173D54 #4C1754

split-complementary

#542E17 #17544C #171E54

monochromatic

#180D07 #24140A #542E17 #844824 #B46331

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#542E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#542E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E17

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E17	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)

#393215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2629

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.066 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886755',
    500: '#542e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e17;
$custom-light: #886755;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.623,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34477,
    "c": 0.06588,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E17

secondary

#3C6D8B

accent

#A7E048

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0EBE8

border

#CBC6C4

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E17

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

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