#5E5042#5E5042

#5E5042 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.029 H 67.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5042
RGB	rgb(94, 80, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 18%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(30, 30%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 29.8%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.02, 3.38, 10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.02, 10.95, 72.00°)
OKLab	oklab(44.12% 0.0113 0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(44.12% 0.029 67)
XYZ	xyz(8.4682, 8.5106, 6.3498)
Luminance	0.0851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5042 #42505E

analogous

#5E4242 #5E5042 #5E5E42

triadic

#5E5042 #425E50 #50425E

tetradic

#5E5042 #425E42 #42505E #5E425E

square

#5E5042 #425E42 #42505E #5E425E

split-complementary

#5E5042 #425E5E #42425E

monochromatic

#161310 #3A3129 #5E5042 #826F5B #A18D79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#5E5042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#5E5042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5042

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5042	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#634D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 80, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.029 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8176',
    500: '#5e5042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5042;
$custom-light: #8c8176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 17.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44115,
    "c": 0.02893,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.0851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5042

secondary

#6E7E8D

accent

#94BA6E

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EEED

border

#CBC9C8

text

#0C0A08

muted

#7D7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5042

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

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