#5B401B#5B401B

#5B401B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.064 H 72.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B401B
RGB	rgb(91, 64, 27)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 70.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.34, 7.42, 26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.34, 27.72, 74.48°)
OKLab	oklab(39.36% 0.0193 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(39.36% 0.064 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3460, 5.9706, 1.8549)
Luminance	0.0597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B401B #1B365B

analogous

#5B201B #5B401B #565B1B

triadic

#5B401B #1B5B40 #401B5B

tetradic

#5B401B #1B5B20 #1B365B #5B1B56

square

#5B401B #1B5B20 #1B365B #5B1B56

split-complementary

#5B401B #1B565B #201B5B

monochromatic

#181107 #2C1F0D #5B401B #8A6129 #B98237

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#5B401B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5B401B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B401B

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B401B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B401B	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50481C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633938

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b401b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 64, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.064 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7459',
    500: '#5b401b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b401b;
$custom-light: #8c7459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b401b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.688,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39358,
    "c": 0.06423,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B401B

secondary

#416391

accent

#88DE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0C0803

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B401B

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

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