#5B400E#5B400E

#5B400E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.074 H 78.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B400E
RGB	rgb(91, 64, 14)
HSL	hsl(39, 73%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(39, 85%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 84.6%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.22, 6.67, 33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.22, 33.74, 78.61°)
OKLab	oklab(39.23% 0.0151 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(39.23% 0.074 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2275, 5.9232, 1.2307)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B400E #0E295B

analogous

#5B190E #5B400E #4F5B0E

triadic

#5B400E #0E5B40 #400E5B

tetradic

#5B400E #0E5B19 #0E295B #5B0E4F

square

#5B400E #0E5B19 #0E295B #5B0E4F

split-complementary

#5B400E #0E4F5B #190E5B

monochromatic

#1B1304 #261B06 #5B400E #906516 #C58B1E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#5B400E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5B400E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B400E

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B400E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B400E	1.00	9.61	2.18	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4106

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514810

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b400e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 64, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.074 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7451',
    500: '#5b400e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b400e;
$custom-light: #8d7451;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b400e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.961,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39225,
    "c": 0.07356,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B400E

secondary

#305395

accent

#78F038

background

#F9F7F4

surface

#F1EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0D0802

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B400E

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

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