#542E1A#542E1A

#542E1A is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.064 H 47.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E1A
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 26)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(21, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 69%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.38, 15.31, 20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.38, 25.34, 52.83°)
OKLab	oklab(34.52% 0.0433 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(34.52% 0.064 47.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8200, 3.9139, 1.4787)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E1A #1A4054

analogous

#541A23 #542E1A #544B1A

triadic

#542E1A #1A542E #2E1A54

tetradic

#542E1A #23541A #1A4054 #4B1A54

square

#542E1A #23541A #1A4054 #4B1A54

split-complementary

#542E1A #1A544B #1A2354

monochromatic

#170D07 #25140C #542E1A #834828 #B16137

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#542E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#542E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E1A

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E1A	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2729

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.064 47.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876757',
    500: '#542e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e1a;
$custom-light: #876757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.69,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34524,
    "c": 0.0641,
    "h": 47.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E1A

secondary

#40708A

accent

#AADC4C

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E1A

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

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