#42270B#42270B

#42270B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.057 H 63.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42270B
RGB	rgb(66, 39, 11)
HSL	hsl(31, 71%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(31, 83%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.9%, 83.3%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.51, 9.83, 22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.51, 24.46, 66.31°)
OKLab	oklab(30.12% 0.0258 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(30.12% 0.057 63.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.0329, 2.6337, 0.6652)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42270B #0B2642

analogous

#420B0B #42270B #42420B

triadic

#42270B #0B4227 #270B42

tetradic

#42270B #0B420B #0B2642 #420B42

square

#42270B #0B420B #0B2642 #420B42

split-complementary

#42270B #0B4242 #0B0B42

monochromatic

#1A0F04 #1A0F04 #42270B #764614 #AB651C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.76

#42270B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#42270B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42270B

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42270B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42270B	1.00	13.76	1.53	13.76
#FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2908

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36300B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492121

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42270b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 39, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.057 63.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a614c',
    500: '#42270b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42270b;
$custom-light: #7a614c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42270b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.545,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30115,
    "c": 0.05721,
    "h": 63.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42270B

secondary

#2A547F

accent

#92EE3A

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#0A0501

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #42270B

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

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