#5B3811#5B3811

#5B3811 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.072 H 64.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3811
RGB	rgb(91, 56, 17)
HSL	hsl(32, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(32, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 81.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.00, 11.85, 29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.00, 31.84, 68.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.51% 0.0307 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(37.51% 0.072 64.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8302, 5.0935, 1.2063)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3811 #11345B

analogous

#5B1311 #5B3811 #595B11

triadic

#5B3811 #115B38 #38115B

tetradic

#5B3811 #115B13 #11345B #5B1159

square

#5B3811 #115B13 #11345B #5B1159

split-complementary

#5B3811 #11595B #13115B

monochromatic

#1A1005 #271807 #5B3811 #8F581B #C27724

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#5B3811 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5B3811 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3811

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3811	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3811	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433B0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4312

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3811;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 56, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.072 64.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6e52',
    500: '#5b3811',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3811;
$custom-light: #8d6e52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3811",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.622,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37505,
    "c": 0.07208,
    "h": 64.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3811

secondary

#346194

accent

#8FEB3C

background

#F9F6F4

surface

#F1ECE7

border

#CBC7C3

text

#0D0702

muted

#7E7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3811

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

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