#5E5040#5E5040

#5E5040 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.031 H 70.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5040
RGB	rgb(94, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(32, 19%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(32, 32%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 31.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.98, 3.07, 11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.98, 12.00, 75.16°)
OKLab	oklab(44.06% 0.0104 0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(44.06% 0.031 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4103, 8.4875, 6.0447)
Luminance	0.0849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5040 #404E5E

analogous

#5E4140 #5E5040 #5D5E40

triadic

#5E5040 #405E50 #50405E

tetradic

#5E5040 #405E41 #404E5E #5E405D

square

#5E5040 #405E41 #404E5E #5E405D

split-complementary

#5E5040 #405D5E #41405E

monochromatic

#15120E #3A3127 #5E5040 #826F59 #A28E76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#5E5040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#5E5040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5040

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5040	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55503F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.031 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8174',
    500: '#5e5040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5040;
$custom-light: #8c8174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44064,
    "c": 0.03126,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5040

secondary

#6C7C8D

accent

#91BC6C

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EEED

border

#CBC9C8

text

#0C0A08

muted

#7D7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5040

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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