#5B3812#5B3812

#5B3812 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.071 H 64.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3812
RGB	rgb(91, 56, 18)
HSL	hsl(31, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(31, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 80.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.01, 11.90, 29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.01, 31.40, 67.73°)
OKLab	oklab(37.51% 0.031 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(37.51% 0.071 64.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8382, 5.0967, 1.2484)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3812 #12355B

analogous

#5B1412 #5B3812 #5A5B12

triadic

#5B3812 #125B38 #38125B

tetradic

#5B3812 #125B14 #12355B #5B125A

square

#5B3812 #125B14 #12355B #5B125A

split-complementary

#5B3812 #125A5B #14125B

monochromatic

#1A1005 #281908 #5B3812 #8E571C #C17726

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#5B3812 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5B3812 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3812

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3812	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3812	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)

#433B0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4313

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3812;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 56, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.071 64.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6e52',
    500: '#5b3812',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3812;
$custom-light: #8d6e52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3812",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.233,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37514,
    "c": 0.07148,
    "h": 64.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3812

secondary

#356293

accent

#90EA3E

background

#F9F6F4

surface

#F1ECE7

border

#CBC7C3

text

#0D0702

muted

#7E7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3812

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

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