#40230D#40230D

#40230D is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.056 H 55.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40230D
RGB	rgb(64, 35, 13)
HSL	hsl(26, 66%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(26, 80%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 79.7%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.09, 11.57, 19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.09, 22.86, 59.58°)
OKLab	oklab(28.96% 0.0316 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(28.96% 0.056 55.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.7883, 2.3214, 0.6819)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40230D #0D2A40

analogous

#400D11 #40230D #403C0D

triadic

#40230D #0D4023 #230D40

tetradic

#40230D #11400D #0D2A40 #3C0D40

square

#40230D #11400D #0D2A40 #3C0D40

split-complementary

#40230D #0D403C #0D1140

monochromatic

#190E05 #190E05 #40230D #733F17 #A65B22

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.34

#40230D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#40230D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40230D

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40230D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40230D	1.00	14.34	1.46	14.34
#FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C260B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322D0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#471D1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40230d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 35, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.056 55.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785e4d',
    500: '#40230d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40230d;
$custom-light: #785e4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40230d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.882,
    "s": 66.234,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28955,
    "c": 0.0556,
    "h": 55.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40230D

secondary

#2D5A7C

accent

#A0E93F

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#090401

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #40230D

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

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