#40230E#40230E

#40230E is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.055 H 54.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40230E
RGB	rgb(64, 35, 14)
HSL	hsl(25, 64%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(25, 78%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 78.1%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.10, 11.64, 19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.10, 22.48, 58.82°)
OKLab	oklab(28.97% 0.032 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(28.97% 0.055 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.7949, 2.3240, 0.7168)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40230E #0E2B40

analogous

#400E12 #40230E #403C0E

triadic

#40230E #0E4023 #230E40

tetradic

#40230E #12400E #0E2B40 #3C0E40

square

#40230E #12400E #0E2B40 #3C0E40

split-complementary

#40230E #0E403C #0E1240

monochromatic

#190E05 #190E05 #40230E #723E19 #A45A24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.34

#40230E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#40230E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40230E

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40230E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40230E	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)

#2B260C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322D0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#471D1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40230e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 35, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.055 54.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40230e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.2,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28969,
    "c": 0.05495,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40230E

secondary

#2F5B7B

accent

#A1E741

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#090401

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #40230E

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

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