#5E4E40#5E4E40

#5E4E40 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.031 H 63.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E40
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 64)
HSL	hsl(28, 19%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(28, 32%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 31.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.39, 4.31, 10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.39, 11.62, 68.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.61% 0.014 0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(43.61% 0.031 63.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2660, 8.1990, 5.9966)
Luminance	0.0820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E40 #40505E

analogous

#5E4041 #5E4E40 #5E5D40

triadic

#5E4E40 #405E4E #4E405E

tetradic

#5E4E40 #415E40 #40505E #5D405E

square

#5E4E40 #415E40 #40505E #5D405E

split-complementary

#5E4E40 #405E5D #40415E

monochromatic

#15120E #3A3027 #5E4E40 #826C59 #A28B76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#5E4E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#5E4E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E40

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E40	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.031 63.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7f74',
    500: '#5e4e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e40;
$custom-light: #8c7f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43606,
    "c": 0.03087,
    "h": 63.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E40

secondary

#6C7E8D

accent

#97BC6C

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EEED

border

#CBC9C8

text

#0C0A08

muted

#7D7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E40

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