#40250B#40250B

#40250B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.056 H 61.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40250B
RGB	rgb(64, 37, 11)
HSL	hsl(29, 71%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(29, 83%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.2%, 82.8%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.63, 10.12, 21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.63, 23.56, 64.58°)
OKLab	oklab(29.37% 0.0269 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(29.37% 0.056 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.8365, 2.4376, 0.6377)
Luminance	0.0244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40250B #0B2640

analogous

#400B0B #40250B #40400B

triadic

#40250B #0B4025 #250B40

tetradic

#40250B #0B400B #0B2640 #400B40

square

#40250B #0B400B #0B2640 #400B40

split-complementary

#40250B #0B4040 #0B0B40

monochromatic

#1A0F04 #1A0F04 #40250B #744314 #A8611D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.12

#40250B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#40250B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40250B

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40250B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40250B	1.00	14.12	1.49	14.12
#FFFFFF	14.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#471F1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40250b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 37, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.056 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785f4c',
    500: '#40250b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40250b;
$custom-light: #785f4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40250b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.434,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29368,
    "c": 0.0559,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40250B

secondary

#2A547D

accent

#96ED3A

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#090401

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #40250B

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

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