#5B4E49#5B4E49

#5B4E49 is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.019 H 42.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E49
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(17, 11%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(17, 20%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 19.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.30, 4.49, 4.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.30, 6.68, 47.85°)
OKLab	oklab(43.53% 0.0143 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(43.53% 0.019 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2414, 8.1542, 7.4418)
Luminance	0.0815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E49 #49565B

analogous

#5B494D #5B4E49 #5B5749

triadic

#5B4E49 #495B4E #4E495B

tetradic

#5B4E49 #4D5B49 #49565B #57495B

square

#5B4E49 #4D5B49 #49565B #57495B

split-complementary

#5B4E49 #495B57 #494D5B

monochromatic

#171413 #39312E #5B4E49 #7D6B64 #9B8A83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#5B4E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#5B4E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E49

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E49	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514F49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F4C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.019 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897f7b',
    500: '#5b4e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e49;
$custom-light: #897f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.667,
    "s": 10.976,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43534,
    "c": 0.01931,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E49

secondary

#76848A

accent

#A2B474

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EEED

border

#CBC9C8

text

#0B0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E49

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

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