#42230A#42230A

#42230A is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.060 H 56.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42230A
RGB	rgb(66, 35, 10)
HSL	hsl(27, 74%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(27, 85%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47%, 84.8%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.38, 12.42, 21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.38, 24.80, 59.95°)
OKLab	oklab(29.24% 0.0334 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(29.24% 0.06 56)
XYZ	xyz(2.9028, 2.3825, 0.5941)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42230A #0A2942

analogous

#420A0D #42230A #423F0A

triadic

#42230A #0A4223 #230A42

tetradic

#42230A #0D420A #0A2942 #3F0A42

square

#42230A #0D420A #0A2942 #3F0A42

split-complementary

#42230A #0A423F #0A0D42

monochromatic

#1B0E04 #1B0E04 #42230A #773F12 #AC5B1A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.22

#42230A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#42230A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42230A

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42230A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42230A	1.00	14.22	1.48	14.22
#FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2607

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342D0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#491C1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42230a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 35, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.060 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5e4b',
    500: '#42230a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42230a;
$custom-light: #7a5e4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42230a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.786,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29235,
    "c": 0.05968,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.02382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42230A

secondary

#29597F

accent

#9EF037

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#0A0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #42230A

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

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