#5E504A#5E504A

#5E504A is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.021 H 44.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E504A
RGB	rgb(94, 80, 74)
HSL	hsl(18, 12%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(18, 21%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 21.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.23, 4.71, 5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.23, 7.39, 50.33°)
OKLab	oklab(44.34% 0.0151 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(44.34% 0.021 44.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7208, 8.6117, 7.6801)
Luminance	0.0861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E504A #4A585E

analogous

#5E4A4E #5E504A #5E5A4A

triadic

#5E504A #4A5E50 #504A5E

tetradic

#5E504A #4E5E4A #4A585E #5A4A5E

square

#5E504A #4E5E4A #4A585E #5A4A5E

split-complementary

#5E504A #4A5E5A #4A4E5E

monochromatic

#1A1614 #3C332F #5E504A #806D65 #9E8C84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#5E504A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#5E504A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E504A

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E504A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E504A	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53514A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57544A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#624E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e504a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 80, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.021 44.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c817c',
    500: '#5e504a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e504a;
$custom-light: #8c817c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e504a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 11.905,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44339,
    "c": 0.02114,
    "h": 44.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E504A

secondary

#77868C

accent

#A1B573

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EEEE

border

#CBC9C9

text

#0C0A09

muted

#7D7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E504A

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

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