#5A5040#5A5040

#5A5040 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.028 H 79.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A5040
RGB	rgb(90, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 17%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(37, 29%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 28.9%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.56, 1.28, 10.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.56, 11.03, 83.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.64% 0.0052 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(43.64% 0.028 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0106, 8.2814, 6.0260)
Luminance	0.0828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A5040 #404A5A

analogous

#5A4340 #5A5040 #575A40

triadic

#5A5040 #405A50 #50405A

tetradic

#5A5040 #405A43 #404A5A #5A4057

square

#5A5040 #405A43 #404A5A #5A4057

split-complementary

#5A5040 #40575A #43405A

monochromatic

#12100D #363027 #5A5040 #7E7059 #9E8F76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#5A5040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5A5040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A5040

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A5040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A5040	1.00	7.91	2.66	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54503F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E4D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a5040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.028 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#898174',
    500: '#5a5040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a5040;
$custom-light: #898174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a5040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43639,
    "c": 0.02841,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A5040

secondary

#6C7889

accent

#8BBA6E

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EEED

border

#CBC9C8

text

#0B0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A5040

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

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