#5B3515#5B3515

#5B3515 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.071 H 57.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3515
RGB	rgb(91, 53, 21)
HSL	hsl(27, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(27, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 76.9%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.23, 13.95, 26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.23, 30.08, 62.37°)
OKLab	oklab(36.92% 0.0376 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(36.92% 0.071 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.7233, 4.8251, 1.3392)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3515 #153B5B

analogous

#5B1518 #5B3515 #5B5815

triadic

#5B3515 #155B35 #35155B

tetradic

#5B3515 #185B15 #153B5B #58155B

square

#5B3515 #185B15 #153B5B #58155B

split-complementary

#5B3515 #155B58 #15185B

monochromatic

#190E06 #29180A #5B3515 #8D5220 #BE6F2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#5B3515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5B3515 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3515

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3515	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494115

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#642D2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 53, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.071 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6c54',
    500: '#5b3515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3515;
$custom-light: #8d6c54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.429,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36922,
    "c": 0.07079,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3515

secondary

#396A92

accent

#9BE642

background

#F9F6F4

surface

#F1EBE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0D0703

muted

#7E7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3515

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

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