#5A4840#5A4840

#5A4840 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.028 H 45.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4840
RGB	rgb(90, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 17%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(18, 29%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 28.9%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.21, 6.27, 7.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.21, 9.92, 50.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.8% 0.0197 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(41.8% 0.028 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4593, 7.1789, 5.8422)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4840 #40525A

analogous

#5A4045 #5A4840 #5A5540

triadic

#5A4840 #405A48 #48405A

tetradic

#5A4840 #455A40 #40525A #55405A

square

#5A4840 #455A40 #40525A #55405A

split-complementary

#5A4840 #405A55 #40455A

monochromatic

#120F0D #362B27 #5A4840 #7E6559 #9E8376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#5A4840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#5A4840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4840

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4840	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F4546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.028 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897b74',
    500: '#5a4840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4840;
$custom-light: #897b74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41798,
    "c": 0.02795,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4840

secondary

#6C8089

accent

#A2BA6E

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EDED

border

#CBC8C8

text

#0B0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4840

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

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