#5A4411#5A4411

#5A4411 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.072 H 84.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4411
RGB	rgb(90, 68, 17)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 81.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.28, 3.79, 32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.28, 32.94, 83.39°)
OKLab	oklab(40.03% 0.0073 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(40.03% 0.072 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3852, 6.3488, 1.4194)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4411 #11275A

analogous

#5A1F11 #5A4411 #4B5A11

triadic

#5A4411 #115A44 #44115A

tetradic

#5A4411 #115A1F #11275A #5A114B

square

#5A4411 #115A1F #11275A #5A114B

split-complementary

#5A4411 #114B5A #1F115A

monochromatic

#1A1305 #271D07 #5A4411 #8D6B1B #C19224

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#5A4411 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#5A4411 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4411

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4411	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4411	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#623D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4411;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 68, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.072 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7753',
    500: '#5a4411',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4411;
$custom-light: #8c7753;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4411",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.918,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40034,
    "c": 0.07238,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4411

secondary

#345193

accent

#71EB3D

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0C0802

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4411

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

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