#40280C#40280C

#40280C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.054 H 66.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40280C
RGB	rgb(64, 40, 12)
HSL	hsl(32, 68%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(32, 81%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.5%, 81.2%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.52, 8.17, 21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.52, 23.37, 69.53°)
OKLab	oklab(30.06% 0.0213 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(30.06% 0.054 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.9397, 2.6344, 0.7014)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40280C #0C2440

analogous

#400E0C #40280C #3E400C

triadic

#40280C #0C4028 #280C40

tetradic

#40280C #0C400E #0C2440 #400C3E

square

#40280C #0C400E #0C2440 #400C3E

split-complementary

#40280C #0C3E40 #0E0C40

monochromatic

#1A1005 #1A1005 #40280C #744816 #A7681F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.75

#40280C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#40280C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40280C

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40280C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40280C	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)

#302A09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#362F0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462222

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40280c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 40, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.054 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78614c',
    500: '#40280c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40280c;
$custom-light: #78614c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40280c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.308,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30056,
    "c": 0.05436,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40280C

secondary

#2C517C

accent

#8DEB3D

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EDE9E7

border

#C8C5C3

text

#090501

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #40280C

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

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