#5E491E#5E491E

#5E491E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.066 H 83.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E491E
RGB	rgb(94, 73, 30)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 68.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.34, 3.50, 28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.34, 28.73, 83.00°)
OKLab	oklab(41.81% 0.008 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(41.81% 0.066 83)
XYZ	xyz(7.2334, 7.2390, 2.2443)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E491E #1E335E

analogous

#5E291E #5E491E #535E1E

triadic

#5E491E #1E5E49 #491E5E

tetradic

#5E491E #1E5E29 #1E335E #5E1E53

square

#5E491E #1E5E29 #1E335E #5E1E53

split-complementary

#5E491E #1E535E #291E5E

monochromatic

#171207 #30250F #5E491E #8C6D2D #BB913C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#5E491E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#5E491E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E491E

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E491E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E491E	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#664240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e491e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 73, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.066 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e7b5c',
    500: '#5e491e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e491e;
$custom-light: #8e7b5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e491e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.313,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41807,
    "c": 0.06602,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.07239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E491E

secondary

#455E93

accent

#7BDB4D

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EDE9

border

#CBC8C5

text

#0D0904

muted

#7D7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E491E

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