#5A3E12#5A3E12

#5A3E12 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.070 H 74.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A3E12
RGB	rgb(90, 62, 18)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(37, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 80%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.55, 7.61, 30.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.55, 31.49, 76.01°)
OKLab	oklab(38.68% 0.0185 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(38.68% 0.07 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0487, 5.6631, 1.3467)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A3E12 #122E5A

analogous

#5A1A12 #5A3E12 #525A12

triadic

#5A3E12 #125A3E #3E125A

tetradic

#5A3E12 #125A1A #122E5A #5A1252

square

#5A3E12 #125A1A #122E5A #5A1252

split-complementary

#5A3E12 #12525A #1A125A

monochromatic

#1A1205 #271B08 #5A3E12 #8D611C #C08426

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#5A3E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5A3E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A3E12

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A3E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A3E12	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#483F0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4613

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633735

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a3e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 62, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.070 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7353',
    500: '#5a3e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a3e12;
$custom-light: #8c7353;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a3e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38681,
    "c": 0.07013,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A3E12

secondary

#355A93

accent

#81EA3E

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#F0ECE7

border

#CBC7C3

text

#0D0802

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A3E12

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

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