#5E4417#5E4417

#5E4417 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.070 H 77.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4417
RGB	rgb(94, 68, 23)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 75.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.82, 6.14, 30.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.82, 31.16, 78.64°)
OKLab	oklab(40.59% 0.0147 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(40.59% 0.07 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8383, 6.5763, 1.7196)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4417 #17315E

analogous

#5E2017 #5E4417 #545E17

triadic

#5E4417 #175E44 #44175E

tetradic

#5E4417 #175E20 #17315E #5E1754

square

#5E4417 #175E20 #17315E #5E1754

split-complementary

#5E4417 #17545E #20175E

monochromatic

#191206 #2D200B #5E4417 #8F6823 #C08B2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#5E4417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#5E4417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4417

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4417	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673D3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 68, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.070 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7757',
    500: '#5e4417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4417;
$custom-light: #8f7757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.028,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4059,
    "c": 0.07011,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4417

secondary

#3C5D95

accent

#7FE444

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0D0803

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4417

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

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