#5B4511#5B4511

#5B4511 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.073 H 84.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4511
RGB	rgb(91, 69, 17)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 81.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.69, 3.68, 33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.69, 33.36, 83.68°)
OKLab	oklab(40.39% 0.0069 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(40.39% 0.073 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5441, 6.5213, 1.4443)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4511 #11275B

analogous

#5B2011 #5B4511 #4C5B11

triadic

#5B4511 #115B45 #45115B

tetradic

#5B4511 #115B20 #11275B #5B114C

square

#5B4511 #115B20 #11275B #5B114C

split-complementary

#5B4511 #114C5B #20115B

monochromatic

#1A1405 #271E07 #5B4511 #8F6C1B #C29324

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#5B4511 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#5B4511 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4511

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4511	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4511	1.00	9.11	2.30	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4511;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 69, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.073 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7853',
    500: '#5b4511',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4511;
$custom-light: #8d7853;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4511",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40388,
    "c": 0.07322,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4511

secondary

#345094

accent

#70EB3C

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0D0803

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4511

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

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