#5B4513#5B4513

#5B4513 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.072 H 84.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4513
RGB	rgb(91, 69, 19)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 79.1%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.71, 3.78, 32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.71, 32.48, 83.32°)
OKLab	oklab(40.41% 0.0075 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(40.41% 0.072 84)
XYZ	xyz(6.5605, 6.5279, 1.5304)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4513 #13295B

analogous

#5B2113 #5B4513 #4D5B13

triadic

#5B4513 #135B45 #45135B

tetradic

#5B4513 #135B21 #13295B #5B134D

square

#5B4513 #135B21 #13295B #5B134D

split-complementary

#5B4513 #134D5B #21135B

monochromatic

#191305 #281F08 #5B4513 #8E6B1E #C09228

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#5B4513 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#5B4513 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4513

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4513	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4513	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F450C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4513;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 69, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.072 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7854',
    500: '#5b4513',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4513;
$custom-light: #8d7854;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4513",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40405,
    "c": 0.07185,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.06527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4513

secondary

#375393

accent

#73E83F

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE8

border

#CBC8C4

text

#0D0803

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4513

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

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