#5E4212#5E4212

#5E4212 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.073 H 76.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4212
RGB	rgb(94, 66, 18)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(38, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 80.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.21, 7.11, 32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.21, 33.14, 77.61°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% 0.0168 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.073 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6740, 6.3203, 1.4406)
Luminance	0.0632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4212 #122E5E

analogous

#5E1C12 #5E4212 #545E12

triadic

#5E4212 #125E42 #42125E

tetradic

#5E4212 #125E1C #122E5E #5E1254

square

#5E4212 #125E1C #122E5E #5E1254

split-complementary

#5E4212 #12545E #1C125E

monochromatic

#1A1205 #2B1E08 #5E4212 #91661C #C58A26

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#5E4212 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#5E4212 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4212

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4212	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4212	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)

#4C430B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673A38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4212;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 66, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.073 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7653',
    500: '#5e4212',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4212;
$custom-light: #8f7653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4212",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40094,
    "c": 0.07323,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4212

secondary

#355996

accent

#7DEB3D

background

#F9F7F4

surface

#F1EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0D0803

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4212

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

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