#5E524E#5E524E

#5E524E is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.017 H 39.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E524E
RGB	rgb(94, 82, 78)
HSL	hsl(15, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(15, 17%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 17%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.92, 4.19, 4.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.92, 5.91, 44.78°)
OKLab	oklab(44.91% 0.0134 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(44.91% 0.017 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.0085, 8.9646, 8.4620)
Luminance	0.0896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E524E #4E5A5E

analogous

#5E4E52 #5E524E #5E5A4E

triadic

#5E524E #4E5E52 #524E5E

tetradic

#5E524E #525E4E #4E5A5E #5A4E5E

square

#5E524E #525E4E #4E5A5E #5A4E5E

split-complementary

#5E524E #4E5E5A #4E525E

monochromatic

#1B1816 #3D3532 #5E524E #7F6F6A #9D8E89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#5E524E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5E524E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E524E

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E524E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E524E	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55534E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57554E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#615051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e524e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 82, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.017 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b827f',
    500: '#5e524e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e524e;
$custom-light: #8b827f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e524e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 9.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44914,
    "c": 0.01725,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E524E

secondary

#7C888C

accent

#A3B276

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EEEE

border

#CBC9C9

text

#0C0A0A

muted

#7D7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E524E

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

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