#5E554B#5E554B

#5E554B is a mid, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.020 H 70.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E554B
RGB	rgb(94, 85, 75)
HSL	hsl(32, 11%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(32, 20%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 20.2%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.72, 1.81, 7.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.72, 7.40, 75.86°)
OKLab	oklab(45.51% 0.0067 0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(45.51% 0.02 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1346, 9.3849, 7.9855)
Luminance	0.0939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E554B #4B545E

analogous

#5E4B4B #5E554B #5D5E4B

triadic

#5E554B #4B5E55 #554B5E

tetradic

#5E554B #4B5E4B #4B545E #5E4B5D

square

#5E554B #4B5E4B #4B545E #5E4B5D

split-complementary

#5E554B #4B5D5E #4B4B5E

monochromatic

#1A1715 #3C3630 #5E554B #807466 #9E9285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#5E554B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5E554B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E554B

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E554B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E554B	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58554A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A574B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#625352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e554b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 85, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.020 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b847d',
    500: '#5e554b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e554b;
$custom-light: #8b847d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e554b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.579,
    "s": 11.243,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45514,
    "c": 0.01975,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E554B

secondary

#79828C

accent

#92B474

background

#F8F8F7

surface

#F0EFEE

border

#CBCAC9

text

#0C0B09

muted

#7D7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E554B

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

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