#5B451B#5B451B

#5B451B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.065 H 81.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B451B
RGB	rgb(91, 69, 27)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 70.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, 4.28, 28.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 28.63, 81.40°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% 0.0101 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.065 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6407, 6.5600, 1.9531)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B451B #1B315B

analogous

#5B251B #5B451B #515B1B

triadic

#5B451B #1B5B45 #451B5B

tetradic

#5B451B #1B5B25 #1B315B #5B1B51

square

#5B451B #1B5B25 #1B315B #5B1B51

split-complementary

#5B451B #1B515B #251B5B

monochromatic

#181207 #2C210D #5B451B #8A6929 #B98D37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#5B451B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#5B451B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B451B

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B451B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B451B	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534B1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633E3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b451b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 69, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.065 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7859',
    500: '#5b451b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b451b;
$custom-light: #8c7859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b451b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.375,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40489,
    "c": 0.06546,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B451B

secondary

#415C91

accent

#7DDE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0C0803

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B451B

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

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