#40270C#40270C

#40270C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.055 H 64.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40270C
RGB	rgb(64, 39, 12)
HSL	hsl(31, 68%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(31, 81%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 81.2%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.22, 8.85, 21.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.22, 23.29, 67.68°)
OKLab	oklab(29.83% 0.0233 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(29.83% 0.055 64.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.9065, 2.5678, 0.6903)
Luminance	0.0257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40270C #0C2540

analogous

#400D0C #40270C #3F400C

triadic

#40270C #0C4027 #270C40

tetradic

#40270C #0C400D #0C2540 #400C3F

square

#40270C #0C400D #0C2540 #400C3F

split-complementary

#40270C #0C3F40 #0D0C40

monochromatic

#1A1005 #1A1005 #40270C #744616 #A7661F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.87

#40270C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#40270C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40270C

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40270C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40270C	1.00	13.87	1.51	13.87
#FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472121

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40270c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 39, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.055 64.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78614c',
    500: '#40270c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40270c;
$custom-light: #78614c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40270c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.154,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29828,
    "c": 0.05458,
    "h": 64.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40270C

secondary

#2C527C

accent

#91EB3D

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#090501

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #40270C

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

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