#5E4E48#5E4E48

#5E4E48 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.024 H 41.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E48
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 72)
HSL	hsl(16, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(16, 23%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 23.4%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.59, 5.61, 6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.59, 8.25, 47.13°)
OKLab	oklab(43.83% 0.0177 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(43.83% 0.024 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5102, 8.2966, 7.2828)
Luminance	0.0830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E48 #48585E

analogous

#5E484D #5E4E48 #5E5948

triadic

#5E4E48 #485E4E #4E485E

tetradic

#5E4E48 #4D5E48 #48585E #59485E

square

#5E4E48 #4D5E48 #48585E #59485E

split-complementary

#5E4E48 #485E59 #484D5E

monochromatic

#191413 #3B312D #5E4E48 #816B63 #9F8A82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#5E4E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5E4E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E48

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E48	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.024 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7f7b',
    500: '#5e4e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e48;
$custom-light: #8c7f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 13.253,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43827,
    "c": 0.02372,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E48

secondary

#75868D

accent

#A3B672

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EEED

border

#CBC9C8

text

#0C0A09

muted

#7D7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E48

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