#5E401B#5E401B

#5E401B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.067 H 69.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E401B
RGB	rgb(94, 64, 27)
HSL	hsl(33, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 71.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.73, 8.90, 27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.73, 28.67, 71.91°)
OKLab	oklab(39.75% 0.0234 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(39.75% 0.067 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6478, 6.1262, 1.8690)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E401B #1B395E

analogous

#5E1E1B #5E401B #5A5E1B

triadic

#5E401B #1B5E40 #401B5E

tetradic

#5E401B #1B5E1E #1B395E #5E1B5A

square

#5E401B #1B5E1E #1B395E #5E1B5A

split-complementary

#5E401B #1B5A5E #1E1B5E

monochromatic

#181007 #2E200D #5E401B #8E6029 #BD8136

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#5E401B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#5E401B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E401B

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E401B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E401B	1.00	9.44	2.23	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51491C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673938

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e401b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 64, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.067 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7459',
    500: '#5e401b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e401b;
$custom-light: #8f7459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e401b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.134,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39749,
    "c": 0.06656,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E401B

secondary

#416694

accent

#8CDF49

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0D0803

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E401B

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

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