#5B481A#5B481A

#5B481A is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.068 H 86.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B481A
RGB	rgb(91, 72, 26)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 71.4%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.66, 2.34, 29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.66, 29.87, 85.50°)
OKLab	oklab(41.17% 0.0043 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(41.17% 0.068 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8186, 6.9339, 1.9563)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B481A #1A2D5B

analogous

#5B281A #5B481A #4D5B1A

triadic

#5B481A #1A5B48 #481A5B

tetradic

#5B481A #1A5B28 #1A2D5B #5B1A4D

square

#5B481A #1A5B28 #1A2D5B #5B1A4D

split-complementary

#5B481A #1A4D5B #281A5B

monochromatic

#181307 #2B220C #5B481A #8B6E28 #BA9335

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#5B481A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#5B481A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B481A

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B481A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B481A	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554D1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63413E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b481a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 72, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.068 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7a59',
    500: '#5b481a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b481a;
$custom-light: #8c7a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b481a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.462,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41171,
    "c": 0.06778,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B481A

secondary

#405891

accent

#75DF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0C0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B481A

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

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