#5E4512#5E4512

#5E4512 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.074 H 81.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4512
RGB	rgb(94, 69, 18)
HSL	hsl(40, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(40, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 80.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.07, 5.24, 33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.07, 33.61, 81.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.0113 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.074 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8538, 6.6801, 1.5006)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4512 #122B5E

analogous

#5E1F12 #5E4512 #515E12

triadic

#5E4512 #125E45 #45125E

tetradic

#5E4512 #125E1F #122B5E #5E1251

square

#5E4512 #125E1F #122B5E #5E1251

split-complementary

#5E4512 #12515E #1F125E

monochromatic

#1A1305 #2B1F08 #5E4512 #916B1C #C59026

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#5E4512 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#5E4512 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4512

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4512	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4512	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F450A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4512;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 69, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.074 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7854',
    500: '#5e4512',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4512;
$custom-light: #8f7854;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4512",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.263,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40768,
    "c": 0.07394,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4512

secondary

#355596

accent

#76EB3D

background

#F9F7F4

surface

#F1EDE8

border

#CBC8C4

text

#0D0803

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4512

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

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