#5E4211#5E4211

#5E4211 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.074 H 77.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4211
RGB	rgb(94, 66, 17)
HSL	hsl(38, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(38, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 81.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.20, 7.06, 32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.20, 33.57, 77.85°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% 0.0165 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.074 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6660, 6.3171, 1.3985)
Luminance	0.0632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4211 #112D5E

analogous

#5E1C11 #5E4211 #545E11

triadic

#5E4211 #115E42 #42115E

tetradic

#5E4211 #115E1C #112D5E #5E1154

square

#5E4211 #115E1C #112D5E #5E1154

split-complementary

#5E4211 #11545E #1C115E

monochromatic

#1A1205 #2A1E08 #5E4211 #92661A #C68B24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#5E4211 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#5E4211 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4211

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4211	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4211	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4309

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673A38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4211;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 66, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.074 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7653',
    500: '#5e4211',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4211;
$custom-light: #8f7653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4211",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40086,
    "c": 0.07386,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4211

secondary

#345897

accent

#7CEC3C

background

#F9F7F4

surface

#F1EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0D0802

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4211

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

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