#5B3E11#5B3E11

#5B3E11 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.071 H 74.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3E11
RGB	rgb(91, 62, 17)
HSL	hsl(36, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(36, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 81.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.67, 8.07, 31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.67, 32.22, 75.51°)
OKLab	oklab(38.8% 0.0196 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(38.8% 0.071 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1386, 5.7104, 1.3091)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3E11 #112E5B

analogous

#5B1911 #5B3E11 #535B11

triadic

#5B3E11 #115B3E #3E115B

tetradic

#5B3E11 #115B19 #112E5B #5B1153

square

#5B3E11 #115B19 #112E5B #5B1153

split-complementary

#5B3E11 #11535B #19115B

monochromatic

#1A1205 #271B07 #5B3E11 #8F611B #C28424

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#5B3E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5B3E11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3E11

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3E11	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#483F0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4612

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643635

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 62, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.071 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7352',
    500: '#5b3e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3e11;
$custom-light: #8d7352;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.486,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38804,
    "c": 0.07147,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3E11

secondary

#345A94

accent

#81EB3C

background

#F9F6F4

surface

#F1ECE7

border

#CBC7C3

text

#0D0802

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3E11

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

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