#5B3512#5B3512

#5B3512 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.073 H 59.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3512
RGB	rgb(91, 53, 18)
HSL	hsl(29, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(29, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 80.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.20, 13.78, 28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.20, 31.42, 63.98°)
OKLab	oklab(36.89% 0.0366 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(36.89% 0.073 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.6971, 4.8146, 1.2014)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3512 #12385B

analogous

#5B1214 #5B3512 #5B5A12

triadic

#5B3512 #125B35 #35125B

tetradic

#5B3512 #145B12 #12385B #5A125B

square

#5B3512 #145B12 #12385B #5A125B

split-complementary

#5B3512 #125B5A #12145B

monochromatic

#1A0F05 #281708 #5B3512 #8E531C #C17126

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#5B3512 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5B3512 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3512

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3512	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3512	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41390E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4112

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#642D2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3512;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 53, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.073 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6c52',
    500: '#5b3512',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3512;
$custom-light: #8e6c52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3512",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.767,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36888,
    "c": 0.07256,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3512

secondary

#356693

accent

#97EA3E

background

#F9F6F4

surface

#F1EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0D0702

muted

#7E7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3512

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

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