#40240E#40240E

#40240E is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.054 H 56.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40240E
RGB	rgb(64, 36, 14)
HSL	hsl(26, 64%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(26, 78%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 78.1%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.38, 10.98, 19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.38, 22.45, 60.72°)
OKLab	oklab(29.19% 0.03 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(29.19% 0.054 56.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.8247, 2.3837, 0.7267)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40240E #0E2A40

analogous

#400E11 #40240E #403D0E

triadic

#40240E #0E4024 #240E40

tetradic

#40240E #11400E #0E2A40 #3D0E40

square

#40240E #11400E #0E2A40 #3D0E40

split-complementary

#40240E #0E403D #0E1140

monochromatic

#190E05 #190E05 #40240E #724019 #A45C24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.22

#40240E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#40240E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40240E

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40240E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40240E	1.00	14.22	1.48	14.22
#FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C270C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#471E1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40240e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 36, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.054 56.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785e4d',
    500: '#40240e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40240e;
$custom-light: #785e4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40240e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.4,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29186,
    "c": 0.05437,
    "h": 56.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40240E

secondary

#2F597B

accent

#9EE741

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#090401

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #40240E

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

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