#5A3211#5A3211

#5A3211 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.074 H 56.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A3211
RGB	rgb(90, 50, 17)
HSL	hsl(27, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(27, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 81.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.25, 15.12, 27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.25, 31.60, 61.41°)
OKLab	oklab(36.12% 0.0405 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(36.12% 0.074 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4587, 4.4959, 1.1105)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A3211 #11395A

analogous

#5A1115 #5A3211 #5A5611

triadic

#5A3211 #115A32 #32115A

tetradic

#5A3211 #155A11 #11395A #56115A

square

#5A3211 #155A11 #11395A #56115A

split-complementary

#5A3211 #115A56 #11155A

monochromatic

#1A0E05 #271507 #5A3211 #8D4F1B #C16B24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#5A3211 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5A3211 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A3211

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A3211	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A3211	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E360D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#473F11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63292B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a3211;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 50, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.074 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6a51',
    500: '#5a3211',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a3211;
$custom-light: #8d6a51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a3211",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.123,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36118,
    "c": 0.07357,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A3211

secondary

#346893

accent

#9CEB3D

background

#F9F6F4

surface

#F1EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0D0602

muted

#7E7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A3211

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

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