#42250E#42250E

#42250E is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.056 H 56.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42250E
RGB	rgb(66, 37, 14)
HSL	hsl(27, 65%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(27, 79%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 78.8%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.98, 11.34, 20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.98, 23.31, 60.90°)
OKLab	oklab(29.71% 0.0309 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(29.71% 0.056 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.9878, 2.5134, 0.7432)
Luminance	0.0251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42250E #0E2B42

analogous

#420E11 #42250E #423F0E

triadic

#42250E #0E4225 #250E42

tetradic

#42250E #11420E #0E2B42 #3F0E42

square

#42250E #11420E #0E2B42 #3F0E42

split-complementary

#42250E #0E423F #0E1142

monochromatic

#190E05 #190E05 #42250E #744119 #A75E23

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.98

#42250E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#42250E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42250E

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42250E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42250E	1.00	13.98	1.50	13.98
#FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E280C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#491F20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42250e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 37, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.056 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5f4d',
    500: '#42250e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42250e;
$custom-light: #7a5f4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42250e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.538,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29712,
    "c": 0.05611,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42250E

secondary

#2F5A7D

accent

#9EE840

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#090401

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #42250E

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

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