#5E491B#5E491B

#5E491B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.069 H 84.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E491B
RGB	rgb(94, 73, 27)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 71.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.31, 3.29, 30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.31, 30.25, 83.76°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% 0.007 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.069 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1969, 7.2244, 2.0521)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E491B #1B305E

analogous

#5E271B #5E491B #515E1B

triadic

#5E491B #1B5E49 #491B5E

tetradic

#5E491B #1B5E27 #1B305E #5E1B51

square

#5E491B #1B5E27 #1B305E #5E1B51

split-complementary

#5E491B #1B515E #271B5E

monochromatic

#181207 #2E240D #5E491B #8E6E29 #BD9336

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#5E491B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#5E491B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E491B

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E491B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E491B	1.00	8.59	2.44	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66423F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e491b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 73, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.069 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e7b5a',
    500: '#5e491b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e491b;
$custom-light: #8e7b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e491b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.194,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41771,
    "c": 0.06869,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E491B

secondary

#415B94

accent

#78DF49

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F1EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0D0904

muted

#7E7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E491B

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