#5B3517#5B3517

#5B3517 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.070 H 56.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3517
RGB	rgb(91, 53, 23)
HSL	hsl(26, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(26, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 74.7%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.25, 14.07, 25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.25, 29.16, 61.15°)
OKLab	oklab(36.95% 0.0384 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(36.95% 0.07 56.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7426, 4.8328, 1.4408)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3517 #173D5B

analogous

#5B171B #5B3517 #5B5717

triadic

#5B3517 #175B35 #35175B

tetradic

#5B3517 #1B5B17 #173D5B #57175B

square

#5B3517 #1B5B17 #173D5B #57175B

split-complementary

#5B3517 #175B57 #171B5B

monochromatic

#180E06 #2A190B #5B3517 #8C5123 #BD6E30

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#5B3517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5B3517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3517

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3517	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494117

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#642D2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 53, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.070 56.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6c55',
    500: '#5b3517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3517;
$custom-light: #8d6c55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.471,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36946,
    "c": 0.06956,
    "h": 56.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3517

secondary

#3C6C92

accent

#9DE345

background

#F9F6F5

surface

#F1EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0D0703

muted

#7E7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3517

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

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