#42230E#42230E

#42230E is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.057 H 52.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42230E
RGB	rgb(66, 35, 14)
HSL	hsl(24, 65%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(24, 79%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47%, 78.8%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.42, 12.66, 19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.42, 23.42, 57.28°)
OKLab	oklab(29.28% 0.0348 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(29.28% 0.057 52.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.9273, 2.3923, 0.7230)
Luminance	0.0239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42230E #0E2D42

analogous

#420E13 #42230E #423D0E

triadic

#42230E #0E4223 #230E42

tetradic

#42230E #13420E #0E2D42 #3D0E42

square

#42230E #13420E #0E2D42 #3D0E42

split-complementary

#42230E #0E423D #0E1342

monochromatic

#190D05 #190D05 #42230E #743E19 #A75923

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.20

#42230E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#42230E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42230E

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42230E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42230E	1.00	14.20	1.48	14.20
#FFFFFF	14.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C270C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#491D1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42230e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 35, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.057 52.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5e4d',
    500: '#42230e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42230e;
$custom-light: #7a5e4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42230e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.231,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29284,
    "c": 0.05734,
    "h": 52.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42230E

secondary

#2F5D7D

accent

#A4E840

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#0A0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #42230E

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

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