#5E2C17#5E2C17

#5E2C17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.080 H 42.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2C17
RGB	rgb(94, 44, 23)
HSL	hsl(18, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(18, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 75.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.46, 20.99, 23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.46, 31.65, 48.46°)
OKLab	oklab(35.67% 0.059 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(35.67% 0.08 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6719, 4.2436, 1.3308)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2C17 #17495E

analogous

#5E1726 #5E2C17 #5E4F17

triadic

#5E2C17 #175E2C #2C175E

tetradic

#5E2C17 #265E17 #17495E #4F175E

square

#5E2C17 #265E17 #17495E #4F175E

split-complementary

#5E2C17 #175E4F #17265E

monochromatic

#190C06 #2D150B #5E2C17 #8F4323 #C05A2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#5E2C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5E2C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2C17

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2C17	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#682227

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 44, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.080 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906655',
    500: '#5e2c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2c17;
$custom-light: #906655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.746,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35667,
    "c": 0.0799,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2C17

secondary

#3C7B95

accent

#B5E444

background

#F9F6F4

surface

#F2EBE8

border

#CCC6C4

text

#0D0603

muted

#7E7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2C17

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

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