#5E4517#5E4517

#5E4517 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.070 H 79.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4517
RGB	rgb(94, 69, 23)
HSL	hsl(39, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(39, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 75.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.11, 5.51, 30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.11, 31.34, 79.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.82% 0.0128 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(40.82% 0.07 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8993, 6.6983, 1.7400)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4517 #17305E

analogous

#5E2117 #5E4517 #535E17

triadic

#5E4517 #175E45 #45175E

tetradic

#5E4517 #175E21 #17305E #5E1753

square

#5E4517 #175E21 #17305E #5E1753

split-complementary

#5E4517 #17535E #21175E

monochromatic

#191206 #2D210B #5E4517 #8F6923 #C08D2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#5E4517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#5E4517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4517

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4517	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)

#4F4611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 69, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.070 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7857',
    500: '#5e4517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4517;
$custom-light: #8f7857;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.873,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40815,
    "c": 0.07038,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4517

secondary

#3C5B95

accent

#7CE444

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0D0803

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4517

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