#5B451A#5B451A

#5B451A is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.066 H 81.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B451A
RGB	rgb(91, 69, 26)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 71.4%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.77, 4.21, 28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.77, 29.13, 81.69°)
OKLab	oklab(40.48% 0.0097 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(40.48% 0.066 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6293, 6.5554, 1.8932)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B451A #1A305B

analogous

#5B241A #5B451A #505B1A

triadic

#5B451A #1A5B45 #451A5B

tetradic

#5B451A #1A5B24 #1A305B #5B1A50

square

#5B451A #1A5B24 #1A305B #5B1A50

split-complementary

#5B451A #1A505B #241A5B

monochromatic

#181207 #2B210C #5B451A #8B6928 #BA8D35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#5B451A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#5B451A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B451A

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B451A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B451A	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534B1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633E3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b451a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 69, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.066 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7859',
    500: '#5b451a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b451a;
$custom-light: #8c7859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b451a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.692,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40477,
    "c": 0.06634,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B451A

secondary

#405B91

accent

#7CDF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0C0803

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B451A

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

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