#5E4416#5E4416

#5E4416 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.071 H 78.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4416
RGB	rgb(94, 68, 22)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 76.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.81, 6.08, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.81, 31.63, 78.92°)
OKLab	oklab(40.58% 0.0143 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(40.58% 0.071 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8285, 6.5724, 1.6679)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4416 #16305E

analogous

#5E2016 #5E4416 #545E16

triadic

#5E4416 #165E44 #44165E

tetradic

#5E4416 #165E20 #16305E #5E1654

square

#5E4416 #165E20 #16305E #5E1654

split-complementary

#5E4416 #16545E #20165E

monochromatic

#191206 #2C200A #5E4416 #906822 #C18C2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#5E4416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#5E4416 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4416

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4416	1.00	9.07	2.31	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4510

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 68, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.071 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7756',
    500: '#5e4416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4416;
$custom-light: #8f7756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4058,
    "c": 0.07087,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4416

secondary

#3B5B95

accent

#7DE543

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0D0803

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4416

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

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