#42240C#42240C

#42240C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.058 H 56.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42240C
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 12)
HSL	hsl(27, 69%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(27, 82%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 81.8%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.68, 11.87, 20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.68, 24.09, 60.48°)
OKLab	oklab(29.47% 0.0321 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(29.47% 0.058 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.9442, 2.4469, 0.6650)
Luminance	0.0245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42240C #0C2A42

analogous

#420C0F #42240C #423F0C

triadic

#42240C #0C4224 #240C42

tetradic

#42240C #0F420C #0C2A42 #3F0C42

square

#42240C #0F420C #0C2A42 #3F0C42

split-complementary

#42240C #0C423F #0C0F42

monochromatic

#1A0E05 #1A0E05 #42240C #764015 #AA5C1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.10

#42240C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#42240C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42240C

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42240C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42240C	1.00	14.10	1.49	14.10
#FFFFFF	14.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2709

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#491E1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42240c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.058 56.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42240c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29471,
    "c": 0.05793,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42240C

secondary

#2C597E

accent

#9EEC3C

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#0A0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #42240C

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