#40240B#40240B

#40240B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.056 H 59.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40240B
RGB	rgb(64, 36, 11)
HSL	hsl(28, 71%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(28, 83%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 82.8%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.35, 10.78, 20.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.35, 23.55, 62.75°)
OKLab	oklab(29.15% 0.0289 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(29.15% 0.056 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.8059, 2.3762, 0.6274)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40240B #0B2740

analogous

#400B0C #40240B #403F0B

triadic

#40240B #0B4024 #240B40

tetradic

#40240B #0C400B #0B2740 #3F0B40

square

#40240B #0C400B #0B2740 #3F0B40

split-complementary

#40240B #0B403F #0B0C40

monochromatic

#1A0F04 #1A0F04 #40240B #744114 #A85F1D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.24

#40240B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#40240B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40240B

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40240B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40240B	1.00	14.24	1.48	14.24
#FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#471E1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40240b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 36, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.056 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785e4c',
    500: '#40240b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40240b;
$custom-light: #785e4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40240b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.302,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29148,
    "c": 0.05634,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40240B

secondary

#2A567D

accent

#99ED3A

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#090401

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #40240B

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

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