#5E4615#5E4615

#5E4615 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.072 H 81.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4615
RGB	rgb(94, 70, 21)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 77.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.38, 4.77, 32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.38, 32.46, 81.54°)
OKLab	oklab(41.02% 0.0104 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(41.02% 0.072 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9420, 6.8146, 1.6590)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4615 #152D5E

analogous

#5E2215 #5E4615 #515E15

triadic

#5E4615 #155E46 #46155E

tetradic

#5E4615 #155E22 #152D5E #5E1551

square

#5E4615 #155E22 #152D5E #5E1551

split-complementary

#5E4615 #15515E #22155E

monochromatic

#191306 #2C210A #5E4615 #906B20 #C2912B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#5E4615 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#5E4615 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4615

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4615	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4615	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50460E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564C17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#673F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4615;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 70, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.072 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7956',
    500: '#5e4615',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4615;
$custom-light: #8f7956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4615",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.274,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41022,
    "c": 0.07219,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4615

secondary

#395895

accent

#78E741

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0D0903

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4615

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

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