#5A4512#5A4512

#5A4512 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.072 H 85.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4512
RGB	rgb(90, 69, 18)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(43, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 80%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.58, 3.22, 32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.58, 32.72, 84.35°)
OKLab	oklab(40.27% 0.0058 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(40.27% 0.072 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4541, 6.4740, 1.4818)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4512 #12275A

analogous

#5A2112 #5A4512 #4B5A12

triadic

#5A4512 #125A45 #45125A

tetradic

#5A4512 #125A21 #12275A #5A124B

square

#5A4512 #125A21 #12275A #5A124B

split-complementary

#5A4512 #124B5A #21125A

monochromatic

#1A1405 #271E08 #5A4512 #8D6C1C #C09326

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#5A4512 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#5A4512 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4512

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4512	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4512	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)

#4E450A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#623E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4512;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 69, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.072 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7854',
    500: '#5a4512',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4512;
$custom-light: #8c7854;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4512",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40274,
    "c": 0.07214,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4512

secondary

#355093

accent

#70EA3E

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE8

border

#CBC8C4

text

#0C0803

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4512

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

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