#40270E#40270E

#40270E is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.053 H 63.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40270E
RGB	rgb(64, 39, 14)
HSL	hsl(30, 64%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(30, 78%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 78.1%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.25, 8.98, 20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.25, 22.48, 66.47°)
OKLab	oklab(29.85% 0.024 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(29.85% 0.053 63.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.9194, 2.5730, 0.7583)
Luminance	0.0257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40270E #0E2740

analogous

#400E0E #40270E #40400E

triadic

#40270E #0E4027 #270E40

tetradic

#40270E #0E400E #0E2740 #400E40

square

#40270E #0E400E #0E2740 #400E40

split-complementary

#40270E #0E4040 #0E0E40

monochromatic

#190F05 #190F05 #40270E #724619 #A46424

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.87

#40270E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#40270E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40270E

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40270E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40270E	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)

#2F290B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462122

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40270e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 39, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.053 63.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40270e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29853,
    "c": 0.05312,
    "h": 63.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40270E

secondary

#2F557B

accent

#94E741

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EDE9E7

border

#C8C5C3

text

#090501

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #40270E

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

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