#40230C#40230C

#40230C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.056 H 56.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40230C
RGB	rgb(64, 35, 12)
HSL	hsl(27, 68%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(27, 81%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 81.2%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.08, 11.51, 20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.08, 23.22, 60.29°)
OKLab	oklab(28.94% 0.0312 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(28.94% 0.056 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.7820, 2.3189, 0.6488)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40230C #0C2940

analogous

#400C0F #40230C #403D0C

triadic

#40230C #0C4023 #230C40

tetradic

#40230C #0F400C #0C2940 #3D0C40

square

#40230C #0F400C #0C2940 #3D0C40

split-complementary

#40230C #0C403D #0C0F40

monochromatic

#1A0E05 #1A0E05 #40230C #743F16 #A75B1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.35

#40230C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#40230C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40230C

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40230C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40230C	1.00	14.35	1.46	14.35
#FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2609

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322D0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#471D1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40230c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 35, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.056 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785e4c',
    500: '#40230c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40230c;
$custom-light: #785e4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40230c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.538,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28942,
    "c": 0.05622,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40230C

secondary

#2C597C

accent

#9EEB3D

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#090401

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #40230C

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

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