#5B4612#5B4612

#5B4612 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.073 H 85.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4612
RGB	rgb(91, 70, 18)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(43, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 80.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.99, 3.10, 33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.99, 33.15, 84.63°)
OKLab	oklab(40.63% 0.0054 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(40.63% 0.073 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6141, 6.6486, 1.5071)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4612 #12275B

analogous

#5B2212 #5B4612 #4C5B12

triadic

#5B4612 #125B46 #46125B

tetradic

#5B4612 #125B22 #12275B #5B124C

square

#5B4612 #125B22 #12275B #5B124C

split-complementary

#5B4612 #124C5B #22125B

monochromatic

#1A1405 #281F08 #5B4612 #8E6D1C #C19526

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#5B4612 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#5B4612 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4612

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4612	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4612	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F460A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554B15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#633F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4612;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 70, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.073 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7954',
    500: '#5b4612',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4612;
$custom-light: #8d7954;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4612",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.74,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40627,
    "c": 0.07301,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4612

secondary

#355093

accent

#6FEA3E

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE8

border

#CBC8C4

text

#0D0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4612

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

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