#5E451A#5E451A

#5E451A is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.068 H 78.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E451A
RGB	rgb(94, 69, 26)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 72.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.14, 5.70, 29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.14, 29.88, 78.99°)
OKLab	oklab(40.85% 0.0139 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(40.85% 0.068 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9311, 6.7110, 1.9074)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E451A #1A335E

analogous

#5E231A #5E451A #555E1A

triadic

#5E451A #1A5E45 #451A5E

tetradic

#5E451A #1A5E23 #1A335E #5E1A55

square

#5E451A #1A5E23 #1A335E #5E1A55

split-complementary

#5E451A #1A555E #231A5E

monochromatic

#181207 #2E220D #5E451A #8E6827 #BE8B35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#5E451A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#5E451A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E451A

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E451A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E451A	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#663E3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e451a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 69, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.068 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7859',
    500: '#5e451a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e451a;
$custom-light: #8f7859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e451a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.941,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40848,
    "c": 0.068,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E451A

secondary

#405F94

accent

#80E048

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0D0903

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E451A

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

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