#5E451D#5E451D

#5E451D is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.065 H 76.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E451D
RGB	rgb(94, 69, 29)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 69.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.17, 5.92, 27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.17, 28.38, 77.97°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% 0.0149 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.065 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9664, 6.7251, 2.0933)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E451D #1D365E

analogous

#5E251D #5E451D #575E1D

triadic

#5E451D #1D5E45 #451D5E

tetradic

#5E451D #1D5E25 #1D365E #5E1D57

square

#5E451D #1D5E25 #1D365E #5E1D57

split-complementary

#5E451D #1D575E #251D5E

monochromatic

#171107 #2F230F #5E451D #8D672B #BC8A3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#5E451D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#5E451D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E451D

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E451D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E451D	1.00	8.96	2.35	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#663E3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e451d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 69, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.065 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e785b',
    500: '#5e451d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e451d;
$custom-light: #8e785b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e451d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40885,
    "c": 0.06547,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E451D

secondary

#446293

accent

#83DC4C

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0D0904

muted

#7E7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E451D

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

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