#5B440F#5B440F

#5B440F is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.074 H 83.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B440F
RGB	rgb(91, 68, 15)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(42, 84%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 83.5%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.38, 4.20, 33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.38, 34.00, 82.90°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% 0.0081 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.074 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4682, 6.3934, 1.3452)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B440F #0F265B

analogous

#5B1E0F #5B440F #4C5B0F

triadic

#5B440F #0F5B44 #440F5B

tetradic

#5B440F #0F5B1E #0F265B #5B0F4C

square

#5B440F #0F5B1E #0F265B #5B0F4C

split-complementary

#5B440F #0F4C5B #1E0F5B

monochromatic

#1A1404 #261D06 #5B440F #906B18 #C49320

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#5B440F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#5B440F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B440F

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B440F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B440F	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)

#4E4406

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b440f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 68, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.074 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7752',
    500: '#5b440f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b440f;
$custom-light: #8d7752;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b440f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.842,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40142,
    "c": 0.0741,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B440F

secondary

#314F95

accent

#70EE39

background

#F9F7F4

surface

#F1EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0D0802

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B440F

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

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