#5E4516#5E4516

#5E4516 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.071 H 79.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4516
RGB	rgb(94, 69, 22)
HSL	hsl(39, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(39, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 76.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.10, 5.45, 31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.10, 31.81, 80.13°)
OKLab	oklab(40.81% 0.0125 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(40.81% 0.071 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8895, 6.6944, 1.6882)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4516 #162F5E

analogous

#5E2116 #5E4516 #535E16

triadic

#5E4516 #165E45 #45165E

tetradic

#5E4516 #165E21 #162F5E #5E1653

square

#5E4516 #165E21 #162F5E #5E1653

split-complementary

#5E4516 #16535E #21165E

monochromatic

#191206 #2C210A #5E4516 #906922 #C18E2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#5E4516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#5E4516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4516

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4516	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 69, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.071 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7856',
    500: '#5e4516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4516;
$custom-light: #8f7856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.167,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40805,
    "c": 0.07113,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4516

secondary

#3B5A95

accent

#7BE543

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0D0803

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4516

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

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