#5E421B#5E421B

#5E421B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.067 H 72.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E421B
RGB	rgb(94, 66, 27)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 71.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.29, 7.65, 27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.29, 28.90, 74.66°)
OKLab	oklab(40.19% 0.0197 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(40.19% 0.067 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7626, 6.3558, 1.9073)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E421B #1B375E

analogous

#5E201B #5E421B #585E1B

triadic

#5E421B #1B5E42 #421B5E

tetradic

#5E421B #1B5E20 #1B375E #5E1B58

square

#5E421B #1B5E20 #1B375E #5E1B58

split-complementary

#5E421B #1B585E #201B5E

monochromatic

#181107 #2E210D #5E421B #8E6329 #BD8536

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#5E421B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#5E421B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E421B

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E421B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E421B	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673B39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e421b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 66, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.067 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7659',
    500: '#5e421b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e421b;
$custom-light: #8f7659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e421b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.925,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40189,
    "c": 0.06663,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E421B

secondary

#416494

accent

#88DF49

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0D0803

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E421B

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

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