#5B4811#5B4811

#5B4811 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.075 H 88.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4811
RGB	rgb(91, 72, 17)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 81.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.58, 1.81, 34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.58, 34.06, 86.95°)
OKLab	oklab(41.09% 0.0015 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(41.09% 0.075 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7333, 6.8998, 1.5074)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4811 #11245B

analogous

#5B2311 #5B4811 #495B11

triadic

#5B4811 #115B48 #48115B

tetradic

#5B4811 #115B23 #11245B #5B1149

square

#5B4811 #115B23 #11245B #5B1149

split-complementary

#5B4811 #11495B #23115B

monochromatic

#1A1405 #271F07 #5B4811 #8F711B #C29A24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#5B4811 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5B4811 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4811

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4811	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4811	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564C14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63413D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4811;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 72, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.075 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7a54',
    500: '#5b4811',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4811;
$custom-light: #8d7a54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4811",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.595,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41085,
    "c": 0.07473,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4811

secondary

#344D94

accent

#69EB3C

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE8

border

#CBC8C4

text

#0D0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4811

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

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