#42240B#42240B

#42240B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.059 H 57.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42240B
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 11)
HSL	hsl(27, 71%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(27, 83%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 83.3%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.67, 11.81, 21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.67, 24.44, 61.10°)
OKLab	oklab(29.46% 0.0317 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(29.46% 0.059 57.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.9383, 2.4445, 0.6336)
Luminance	0.0244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42240B #0B2942

analogous

#420B0D #42240B #42400B

triadic

#42240B #0B4224 #240B42

tetradic

#42240B #0D420B #0B2942 #400B42

square

#42240B #0D420B #0B2942 #400B42

split-complementary

#42240B #0B4240 #0B0D42

monochromatic

#1A0E04 #1A0E04 #42240B #764114 #AB5D1C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.11

#42240B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#42240B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42240B

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42240B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42240B	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)

#2D2708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#491E1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42240b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.059 57.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5f4c',
    500: '#42240b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42240b;
$custom-light: #7a5f4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42240b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29459,
    "c": 0.05853,
    "h": 57.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42240B

secondary

#2A587F

accent

#9CEE3A

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#0A0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #42240B

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

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