#42240A#42240A

#42240A is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.059 H 57.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42240A
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 10)
HSL	hsl(28, 74%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(28, 85%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 84.8%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.66, 11.76, 21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.66, 24.77, 61.66°)
OKLab	oklab(29.45% 0.0314 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(29.45% 0.059 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.9327, 2.4422, 0.6041)
Luminance	0.0244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42240A #0A2842

analogous

#420A0C #42240A #42400A

triadic

#42240A #0A4224 #240A42

tetradic

#42240A #0C420A #0A2842 #400A42

square

#42240A #0C420A #0A2842 #400A42

split-complementary

#42240A #0A4240 #0A0C42

monochromatic

#1B0E04 #1B0E04 #42240A #774112 #AC5E1A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.11

#42240A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#42240A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42240A

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42240A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42240A	1.00	14.11	1.49	14.11
#FFFFFF	14.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#491D1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42240a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.059 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5f4b',
    500: '#42240a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42240a;
$custom-light: #7a5f4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42240a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.857,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29448,
    "c": 0.05911,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42240A

secondary

#29577F

accent

#9BF037

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#0A0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #42240A

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

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