#542E1B#542E1B

#542E1B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.064 H 46.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E1B
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 27)
HSL	hsl(20, 51%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(20, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 67.9%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.40, 15.39, 19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.40, 24.90, 51.83°)
OKLab	oklab(34.54% 0.0438 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(34.54% 0.064 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8313, 3.9184, 1.5386)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E1B #1B4154

analogous

#541B25 #542E1B #544B1B

triadic

#542E1B #1B542E #2E1B54

tetradic

#542E1B #25541B #1B4154 #4B1B54

square

#542E1B #25541B #1B4154 #4B1B54

split-complementary

#542E1B #1B544B #1B2554

monochromatic

#170D07 #26150C #542E1B #82472A #B16139

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#542E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#542E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E1B

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E1B	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413B1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2729

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.064 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876758',
    500: '#542e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e1b;
$custom-light: #876758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3454,
    "c": 0.06353,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E1B

secondary

#41728A

accent

#ACDB4D

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0603

muted

#7D7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E1B

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

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