#5B4510#5B4510

#5B4510 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.074 H 84.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4510
RGB	rgb(91, 69, 16)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 82.4%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.68, 3.63, 33.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.68, 33.79, 83.84°)
OKLab	oklab(40.38% 0.0066 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(40.38% 0.074 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5364, 6.5183, 1.4040)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4510 #10265B

analogous

#5B1F10 #5B4510 #4B5B10

triadic

#5B4510 #105B45 #45105B

tetradic

#5B4510 #105B1F #10265B #5B104B

square

#5B4510 #105B1F #10265B #5B104B

split-complementary

#5B4510 #104B5B #1F105B

monochromatic

#1A1405 #271E07 #5B4510 #8F6C19 #C39422

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#5B4510 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#5B4510 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4510

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4510	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4510	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4507

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4510;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 69, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.074 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7853',
    500: '#5b4510',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4510;
$custom-light: #8d7853;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4510",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.4,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4038,
    "c": 0.07388,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4510

secondary

#334F94

accent

#6FED3B

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0D0802

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4510

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

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