#5B440E#5B440E

#5B440E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.075 H 83.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B440E
RGB	rgb(91, 68, 14)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(42, 85%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 84.6%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.38, 4.16, 34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.38, 34.40, 83.06°)
OKLab	oklab(40.13% 0.0079 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(40.13% 0.075 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4612, 6.3906, 1.3086)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B440E #0E255B

analogous

#5B1D0E #5B440E #4B5B0E

triadic

#5B440E #0E5B44 #440E5B

tetradic

#5B440E #0E5B1D #0E255B #5B0E4B

square

#5B440E #0E5B1D #0E255B #5B0E4B

split-complementary

#5B440E #0E4B5B #1D0E5B

monochromatic

#1B1404 #261C06 #5B440E #906C16 #C5931E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#5B440E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#5B440E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B440E

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B440E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B440E	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4405

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#643D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b440e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 68, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.075 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7751',
    500: '#5b440e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b440e;
$custom-light: #8d7751;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b440e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.078,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40134,
    "c": 0.0747,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B440E

secondary

#304E95

accent

#6FF038

background

#F9F7F4

surface

#F1EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0D0802

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B440E

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

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