#5B4417#5B4417

#5B4417 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.068 H 81.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4417
RGB	rgb(91, 68, 23)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 74.7%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.45, 4.64, 30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.45, 30.40, 81.23°)
OKLab	oklab(40.21% 0.0105 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(40.21% 0.068 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5366, 6.4207, 1.7055)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4417 #172E5B

analogous

#5B2217 #5B4417 #505B17

triadic

#5B4417 #175B44 #44175B

tetradic

#5B4417 #175B22 #172E5B #5B1750

square

#5B4417 #175B22 #172E5B #5B1750

split-complementary

#5B4417 #17505B #22175B

monochromatic

#181206 #2A1F0B #5B4417 #8C6923 #BD8D30

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#5B4417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#5B4417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4417

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4417	1.00	9.19	2.28	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633D3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 68, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.068 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7757',
    500: '#5b4417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4417;
$custom-light: #8c7757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.706,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40214,
    "c": 0.06843,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4417

secondary

#3C5992

accent

#7AE345

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0C0803

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4417

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

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