#5B400D#5B400D

#5B400D is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.074 H 78.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B400D
RGB	rgb(91, 64, 13)
HSL	hsl(39, 75%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(39, 86%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 85.7%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.21, 6.62, 33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.21, 34.14, 78.81°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% 0.0149 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.074 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.2209, 5.9205, 1.1958)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B400D #0D285B

analogous

#5B190D #5B400D #4F5B0D

triadic

#5B400D #0D5B40 #400D5B

tetradic

#5B400D #0D5B19 #0D285B #5B0D4F

square

#5B400D #0D5B19 #0D285B #5B0D4F

split-complementary

#5B400D #0D4F5B #190D5B

monochromatic

#1B1304 #251A05 #5B400D #916615 #C68B1C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#5B400D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5B400D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B400D

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B400D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B400D	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4104

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51480F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b400d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 64, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.074 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7450',
    500: '#5b400d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b400d;
$custom-light: #8d7450;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b400d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.231,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39218,
    "c": 0.07412,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B400D

secondary

#2F5295

accent

#77F236

background

#F9F7F4

surface

#F1EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0D0802

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B400D

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

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