#5F231E#5F231E

#5F231E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.089 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F231E
RGB	rgb(95, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(5, 52%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(5, 68%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 68.4%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.76, 26.99, 17.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.76, 32.04, 32.62°)
OKLab	oklab(34.44% 0.0789 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(34.44% 0.089 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.5552, 3.7294, 1.6554)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F231E #1E5A5F

analogous

#5F1E3A #5F231E #5F441E

triadic

#5F231E #1E5F23 #231E5F

tetradic

#5F231E #3A5F1E #1E5A5F #441E5F

square

#5F231E #3A5F1E #1E5A5F #441E5F

split-complementary

#5F231E #1E5F44 #1E3A5F

monochromatic

#170907 #30120F #5F231E #8E342D #BC453B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#5F231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#5F231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F231E

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F231E	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#691722

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.089 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916059',
    500: '#5f231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f231e;
$custom-light: #916059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34442,
    "c": 0.08889,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F231E

secondary

#458E94

accent

#D0DB4C

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2EAE9

border

#CCC6C5

text

#0E0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F231E

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

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