#5B4516#5B4516

#5B4516 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.070 H 83.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4516
RGB	rgb(91, 69, 22)
HSL	hsl(41, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(41, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 75.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.73, 3.95, 30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.73, 31.09, 82.70°)
OKLab	oklab(40.43% 0.0084 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(40.43% 0.07 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5877, 6.5388, 1.6740)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4516 #162C5B

analogous

#5B2316 #5B4516 #4F5B16

triadic

#5B4516 #165B45 #45165B

tetradic

#5B4516 #165B23 #162C5B #5B164F

square

#5B4516 #165B23 #162C5B #5B164F

split-complementary

#5B4516 #164F5B #23165B

monochromatic

#191306 #2A200A #5B4516 #8C6A22 #BE902E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#5B4516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#5B4516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4516

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4516	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4510

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 69, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.070 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7856',
    500: '#5b4516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4516;
$custom-light: #8c7856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.87,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40434,
    "c": 0.06962,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4516

secondary

#3B5792

accent

#77E444

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0C0803

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4516

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

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