#5B3E16#5B3E16

#5B3E16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.068 H 71.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3E16
RGB	rgb(91, 62, 22)
HSL	hsl(35, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(35, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 75.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.72, 8.34, 28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.72, 29.93, 73.81°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% 0.0212 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.068 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.1823, 5.7278, 1.5389)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3E16 #16335B

analogous

#5B1C16 #5B3E16 #565B16

triadic

#5B3E16 #165B3E #3E165B

tetradic

#5B3E16 #165B1C #16335B #5B1656

square

#5B3E16 #165B1C #16335B #5B1656

split-complementary

#5B3E16 #16565B #1C165B

monochromatic

#191106 #2A1C0A #5B3E16 #8C6022 #BE812E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#5B3E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5B3E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3E16

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3E16	1.00	9.79	2.15	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4617

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643735

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 62, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.068 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7355',
    500: '#5b3e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3e16;
$custom-light: #8d7355;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.783,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38854,
    "c": 0.06803,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3E16

secondary

#3B5F92

accent

#87E444

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0ECE9

border

#CBC7C5

text

#0D0803

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3E16

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