#5B230F#5B230F

#5B230F is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.088 H 39.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B230F
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 15)
HSL	hsl(16, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(16, 84%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 83.5%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.80, 24.42, 25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.80, 35.20, 46.06°)
OKLab	oklab(33.51% 0.0682 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(33.51% 0.088 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0022, 3.4614, 0.8566)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B230F #0F475B

analogous

#5B0F21 #5B230F #5B490F

triadic

#5B230F #0F5B23 #230F5B

tetradic

#5B230F #215B0F #0F475B #490F5B

square

#5B230F #215B0F #0F475B #490F5B

split-complementary

#5B230F #0F5B49 #0F215B

monochromatic

#1A0A04 #260F06 #5B230F #903718 #C44B20

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#5B230F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#5B230F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B230F

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B230F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B230F	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#332C0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40390D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65161F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b230f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.088 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f604e',
    500: '#5b230f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b230f;
$custom-light: #8f604e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b230f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.789,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33511,
    "c": 0.08808,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B230F

secondary

#317A95

accent

#BFEE39

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0D0502

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B230F

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

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