#5E4530#5E4530

#5E4530 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.047 H 61.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4530
RGB	rgb(94, 69, 48)
HSL	hsl(27, 32%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(27, 49%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 48.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, 7.74, 16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 18.54, 65.32°)
OKLab	oklab(41.21% 0.023 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(41.21% 0.047 61)
XYZ	xyz(7.2780, 6.8498, 3.7345)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4530 #30495E

analogous

#5E3032 #5E4530 #5E5C30

triadic

#5E4530 #305E45 #45305E

tetradic

#5E4530 #325E30 #30495E #5C305E

square

#5E4530 #325E30 #30495E #5C305E

split-complementary

#5E4530 #305E5C #30325E

monochromatic

#140F0A #35271B #5E4530 #876345 #AC815C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#5E4530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#5E4530 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4530

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4530	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D472E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#654040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 69, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.047 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7868',
    500: '#5e4530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4530;
$custom-light: #8d7868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.391,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41205,
    "c": 0.04745,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.06849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4530

secondary

#5A778F

accent

#98C95F

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#F0EDEB

border

#CBC8C6

text

#0C0906

muted

#7D7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4530

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

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