#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
RGBrgb(66, 36, 14)
HSLhsl(25, 65%, 16%)
HSVhsv(25, 79%, 26%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 45.5%, 78.8%, 74.1%)
CIE-LABlab(17.70, 12.00, 20.03)
CIE-LCHlch(17.70, 23.35, 59.08°)
OKLaboklab(29.5% 0.0329 0.0462)
OKLCHoklch(29.5% 0.057 54.6)
XYZxyz(2.9571, 2.4520, 0.7329)
Luminance0.0245 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##42240E1.0014.091.4914.09
#FFFFFF14.091.0021.001.00
#0000001.4921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF14.091.0021.001.00

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

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#42240E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva