#5A4511#5A4511

#5A4511 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.073 H 85.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4511
RGB	rgb(90, 69, 17)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 81.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.57, 3.17, 33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.57, 33.15, 84.52°)
OKLab	oklab(40.27% 0.0055 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(40.27% 0.073 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4461, 6.4708, 1.4397)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4511 #11265A

analogous

#5A2011 #5A4511 #4A5A11

triadic

#5A4511 #115A45 #45115A

tetradic

#5A4511 #115A20 #11265A #5A114A

square

#5A4511 #115A20 #11265A #5A114A

split-complementary

#5A4511 #114A5A #20115A

monochromatic

#1A1405 #271E07 #5A4511 #8D6C1B #C19424

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#5A4511 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#5A4511 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4511

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4511	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4511	1.00	9.15	2.29	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#623E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4511;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 69, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.073 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7853',
    500: '#5a4511',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4511;
$custom-light: #8c7853;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4511",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.74,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40265,
    "c": 0.07283,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4511

secondary

#344F93

accent

#6FEB3D

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0C0803

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4511

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

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