#42250B#42250B

#42250B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.058 H 59.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42250B
RGB	rgb(66, 37, 11)
HSL	hsl(28, 71%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(28, 83%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 83.3%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.94, 11.15, 21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.94, 24.43, 62.83°)
OKLab	oklab(29.68% 0.0298 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(29.68% 0.058 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.9690, 2.5058, 0.6439)
Luminance	0.0251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42250B #0B2842

analogous

#420B0C #42250B #42410B

triadic

#42250B #0B4225 #250B42

tetradic

#42250B #0C420B #0B2842 #410B42

square

#42250B #0C420B #0B2842 #410B42

split-complementary

#42250B #0B4241 #0B0C42

monochromatic

#1A0F04 #1A0F04 #42250B #764214 #AB601C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.99

#42250B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#42250B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42250B

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42250B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42250B	1.00	13.99	1.50	13.99
#FFFFFF	13.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352E0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#491F1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42250b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 37, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.058 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5f4c',
    500: '#42250b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42250b;
$custom-light: #7a5f4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42250b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.364,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29675,
    "c": 0.05802,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42250B

secondary

#2A577F

accent

#99EE3A

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#0A0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #42250B

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

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