#5B3211#5B3211

#5B3211 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.075 H 55.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3211
RGB	rgb(91, 50, 17)
HSL	hsl(27, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(27, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 81.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.40, 15.60, 27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.40, 32.01, 60.83°)
OKLab	oklab(36.27% 0.0419 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(36.27% 0.075 55.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5566, 4.5464, 1.1151)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3211 #113A5B

analogous

#5B1115 #5B3211 #5B5711

triadic

#5B3211 #115B32 #32115B

tetradic

#5B3211 #155B11 #113A5B #57115B

square

#5B3211 #155B11 #113A5B #57115B

split-complementary

#5B3211 #115B57 #11155B

monochromatic

#1A0E05 #271607 #5B3211 #8F4E1B #C26B24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#5B3211 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5B3211 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3211

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3211	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3211	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E370D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484011

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64292B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3211;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 50, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.075 55.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6a51',
    500: '#5b3211',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3211;
$custom-light: #8e6a51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3211",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.757,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36269,
    "c": 0.07463,
    "h": 55.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3211

secondary

#346994

accent

#9DEB3C

background

#F9F6F4

surface

#F1EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0D0602

muted

#7E7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3211

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

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