#5A4211#5A4211

#5A4211 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.072 H 81.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4211
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 17)
HSL	hsl(40, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(40, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 81.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.69, 5.05, 32.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.69, 32.54, 81.08°)
OKLab	oklab(39.57% 0.0109 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(39.57% 0.072 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2663, 6.1110, 1.3797)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4211 #11295A

analogous

#5A1D11 #5A4211 #4D5A11

triadic

#5A4211 #115A42 #42115A

tetradic

#5A4211 #115A1D #11295A #5A114D

square

#5A4211 #115A1D #11295A #5A114D

split-complementary

#5A4211 #114D5A #1D115A

monochromatic

#1A1305 #271C07 #5A4211 #8D681B #C18D24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#5A4211 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#5A4211 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4211

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4211	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4211	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4209

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514813

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#623B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4211;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.072 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7653',
    500: '#5a4211',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4211;
$custom-light: #8c7653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4211",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.274,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39575,
    "c": 0.07165,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4211

secondary

#345393

accent

#76EB3D

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0C0802

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4211

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

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