#40271E#40271E

#40271E is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.041 H 40.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40271E
RGB	rgb(64, 39, 30)
HSL	hsl(16, 36%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(16, 53%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 53.1%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.52, 10.52, 10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.52, 15.07, 45.71°)
OKLab	oklab(30.15% 0.0313 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(30.15% 0.041 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.0744, 2.6350, 1.5747)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40271E #1E3740

analogous

#401E26 #40271E #40381E

triadic

#40271E #1E4027 #271E40

tetradic

#40271E #26401E #1E3740 #381E40

square

#40271E #26401E #1E3740 #381E40

split-complementary

#40271E #1E4038 #1E2640

monochromatic

#150D0A #160E0A #40271E #6A4032 #935A45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.75

#40271E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#40271E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40271E

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40271E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40271E	1.00	13.75	1.53	13.75
#FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462325

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40271e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 39, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.041 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#766159',
    500: '#40271e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40271e;
$custom-light: #766159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40271e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.882,
    "s": 36.17,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30153,
    "c": 0.04123,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40271E

secondary

#456874

accent

#AECC5C

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EDE9E9

border

#C8C5C5

text

#090503

muted

#7B7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #40271E

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

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