#5B491A#5B491A

#5B491A is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.068 H 87.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B491A
RGB	rgb(91, 73, 26)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 71.4%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.95, 1.72, 30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.95, 30.15, 86.72°)
OKLab	oklab(41.4% 0.0025 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(41.4% 0.068 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8837, 7.0642, 1.9780)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B491A #1A2C5B

analogous

#5B281A #5B491A #4C5B1A

triadic

#5B491A #1A5B49 #491A5B

tetradic

#5B491A #1A5B28 #1A2C5B #5B1A4C

square

#5B491A #1A5B28 #1A2C5B #5B1A4C

split-complementary

#5B491A #1A4C5B #281A5B

monochromatic

#181307 #2B230C #5B491A #8B6F28 #BA9535

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#5B491A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#5B491A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B491A

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B491A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B491A	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63433F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b491a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 73, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.068 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7b59',
    500: '#5b491a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b491a;
$custom-light: #8c7b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b491a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.385,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41405,
    "c": 0.06837,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B491A

secondary

#405691

accent

#72DF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0C0903

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B491A

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

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