#5B481B#5B481B

#5B481B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.067 H 86.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B481B
RGB	rgb(91, 72, 27)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 70.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.67, 2.41, 29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.67, 29.37, 85.29°)
OKLab	oklab(41.18% 0.0047 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(41.18% 0.067 86)
XYZ	xyz(6.8299, 6.9384, 2.0162)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B481B #1B2E5B

analogous

#5B281B #5B481B #4E5B1B

triadic

#5B481B #1B5B48 #481B5B

tetradic

#5B481B #1B5B28 #1B2E5B #5B1B4E

square

#5B481B #1B5B28 #1B2E5B #5B1B4E

split-complementary

#5B481B #1B4E5B #281B5B

monochromatic

#181307 #2C230D #5B481B #8A6D29 #B99337

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#5B481B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#5B481B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B481B

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B481B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B481B	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)

#514816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554D1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63423E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b481b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 72, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.067 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7a59',
    500: '#5b481b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b481b;
$custom-light: #8c7a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b481b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.188,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41183,
    "c": 0.0669,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.06938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B481B

secondary

#415991

accent

#76DE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0C0904

muted

#7D7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B481B

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

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