#5E554E#5E554E

#5E554E is a mid, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.016 H 60.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E554E
RGB	rgb(94, 85, 78)
HSL	hsl(26, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(26, 17%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 17%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.79, 2.34, 5.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.79, 5.90, 66.60°)
OKLab	oklab(45.6% 0.0081 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(45.6% 0.016 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.2397, 9.4269, 8.5391)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E554E #4E575E

analogous

#5E4E4F #5E554E #5E5D4E

triadic

#5E554E #4E5E55 #554E5E

tetradic

#5E554E #4F5E4E #4E575E #5D4E5E

square

#5E554E #4F5E4E #4E575E #5D4E5E

split-complementary

#5E554E #4E5E5D #4E4F5E

monochromatic

#1B1916 #3D3732 #5E554E #7F736A #9D9289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#5E554E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#5E554E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E554E

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E554E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E554E	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58554E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A574E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#615353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.016 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b847f',
    500: '#5e554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e554e;
$custom-light: #8b847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.25,
    "s": 9.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45601,
    "c": 0.01629,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E554E

secondary

#7C858C

accent

#98B276

background

#F8F8F7

surface

#F0EFEE

border

#CBCAC9

text

#0C0B0A

muted

#7D7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E554E

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