#5B4812#5B4812

#5B4812 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.074 H 88.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4812
RGB	rgb(91, 72, 18)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 80.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, 1.86, 33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 33.63, 86.83°)
OKLab	oklab(41.09% 0.0018 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(41.09% 0.074 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7413, 6.9030, 1.5495)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4812 #12255B

analogous

#5B2412 #5B4812 #4A5B12

triadic

#5B4812 #125B48 #48125B

tetradic

#5B4812 #125B24 #12255B #5B124A

square

#5B4812 #125B24 #12255B #5B124A

split-complementary

#5B4812 #124A5B #24125B

monochromatic

#1A1405 #282008 #5B4812 #8E701C #C19926

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#5B4812 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5B4812 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4812

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4812	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4812	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)

#514709

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564C15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63413D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4812;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 72, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.074 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7a54',
    500: '#5b4812',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4812;
$custom-light: #8d7a54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4812",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.384,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41093,
    "c": 0.07405,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4812

secondary

#354E93

accent

#6BEA3E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE8

border

#CBC8C4

text

#0D0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4812

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

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