#42240E#42240E

#42240E is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.057 H 54.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42240E
RGB	rgb(66, 36, 14)
HSL	hsl(25, 65%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(25, 79%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 78.8%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.70, 12.00, 20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.70, 23.35, 59.08°)
OKLab	oklab(29.5% 0.0329 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(29.5% 0.057 54.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.9571, 2.4520, 0.7329)
Luminance	0.0245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42240E #0E2C42

analogous

#420E12 #42240E #423E0E

triadic

#42240E #0E4224 #240E42

tetradic

#42240E #12420E #0E2C42 #3E0E42

square

#42240E #12420E #0E2C42 #3E0E42

split-complementary

#42240E #0E423E #0E1242

monochromatic

#190E05 #190E05 #42240E #744019 #A75B23

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.09

#42240E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#42240E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42240E

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42240E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42240E	1.00	14.09	1.49	14.09
#FFFFFF	14.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D270C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#491E1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42240e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 36, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.057 54.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5f4d',
    500: '#42240e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42240e;
$custom-light: #7a5f4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42240e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.385,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29497,
    "c": 0.05669,
    "h": 54.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42240E

secondary

#2F5C7D

accent

#A1E840

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#0A0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #42240E

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