#542E1F#542E1F

#542E1F is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.061 H 42.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E1F
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 31)
HSL	hsl(17, 46%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(17, 63%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 63.1%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.47, 15.73, 17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.47, 23.24, 47.39°)
OKLab	oklab(34.61% 0.0455 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(34.61% 0.061 42)
XYZ	xyz(4.8808, 3.9382, 1.7992)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E1F #1F4554

analogous

#541F2B #542E1F #54481F

triadic

#542E1F #1F542E #2E1F54

tetradic

#542E1F #2B541F #1F4554 #481F54

square

#542E1F #2B541F #1F4554 #481F54

split-complementary

#542E1F #1F5448 #1F2B54

monochromatic

#160C08 #27160F #542E1F #81462F #AD5F40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#542E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#542E1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E1F

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E1F	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38331E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413B1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C272A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.061 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87675b',
    500: '#542e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e1f;
$custom-light: #87675b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.981,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34613,
    "c": 0.06128,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.03938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E1F

secondary

#467689

accent

#B0D652

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0604

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E1F

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

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