#5E4A42#5E4A42

#5E4A42 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.030 H 42.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4A42
RGB	rgb(94, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 18%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(17, 30%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 29.8%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.29, 7.12, 7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.29, 10.70, 48.33°)
OKLab	oklab(42.76% 0.0222 0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(42.76% 0.03 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0484, 7.6709, 6.2099)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4A42 #42565E

analogous

#5E4248 #5E4A42 #5E5842

triadic

#5E4A42 #425E4A #4A425E

tetradic

#5E4A42 #485E42 #42565E #58425E

square

#5E4A42 #485E42 #42565E #58425E

split-complementary

#5E4A42 #425E58 #42485E

monochromatic

#161110 #3A2E29 #5E4A42 #82665B #A18579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#5E4A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#5E4A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4A42

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4A42	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.030 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7c76',
    500: '#5e4a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4a42;
$custom-light: #8c7c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 17.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42758,
    "c": 0.03031,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4A42

secondary

#6E858D

accent

#A4BA6E

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EEED

border

#CBC9C8

text

#0C0908

muted

#7D7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4A42

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