#5B3E12#5B3E12

#5B3E12 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.071 H 73.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3E12
RGB	rgb(91, 62, 18)
HSL	hsl(36, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(36, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 80.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 8.12, 30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 31.78, 75.20°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% 0.0199 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.071 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1466, 5.7136, 1.3513)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3E12 #122F5B

analogous

#5B1A12 #5B3E12 #545B12

triadic

#5B3E12 #125B3E #3E125B

tetradic

#5B3E12 #125B1A #122F5B #5B1254

square

#5B3E12 #125B1A #122F5B #5B1254

split-complementary

#5B3E12 #12545B #1A125B

monochromatic

#1A1105 #281B08 #5B3E12 #8E611C #C18426

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#5B3E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5B3E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3E12

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3E12	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)

#483F0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4613

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643635

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 62, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.071 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7353',
    500: '#5b3e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3e12;
$custom-light: #8d7353;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.164,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38814,
    "c": 0.07082,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3E12

secondary

#355B93

accent

#82EA3E

background

#F9F6F4

surface

#F1ECE7

border

#CBC7C3

text

#0D0802

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3E12

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