#5E1B0E#5E1B0E

#5E1B0E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.100 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1B0E
RGB	rgb(94, 27, 14)
HSL	hsl(10, 74%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(10, 85%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 85.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.81, 29.76, 24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.81, 38.84, 39.97°)
OKLab	oklab(32.87% 0.0842 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(32.87% 0.1 33)
XYZ	xyz(5.0879, 3.1960, 0.7644)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1B0E #0E515E

analogous

#5E0E29 #5E1B0E #5E430E

triadic

#5E1B0E #0E5E1B #1B0E5E

tetradic

#5E1B0E #295E0E #0E515E #430E5E

square

#5E1B0E #295E0E #0E515E #430E5E

split-complementary

#5E1B0E #0E5E43 #0E295E

monochromatic

#1B0804 #290C06 #5E1B0E #932A16 #C93A1E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.81

#5E1B0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#5E1B0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1B0E

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1B0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1B0E	1.00	12.81	1.64	12.81
#FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E290C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F380B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#680719

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1b0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 27, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.100 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#925b4d',
    500: '#5e1b0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1b0e;
$custom-light: #925b4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1b0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.75,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32869,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.03195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1B0E

secondary

#308798

accent

#D3F137

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0401

muted

#7E7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1B0E

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

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