#42270E#42270E

#42270E is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.055 H 60.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42270E
RGB	rgb(66, 39, 14)
HSL	hsl(29, 65%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(29, 79%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.9%, 78.8%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.55, 10.01, 21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.55, 23.30, 64.55°)
OKLab	oklab(30.15% 0.0269 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(30.15% 0.055 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.0518, 2.6413, 0.7645)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42270E #0E2942

analogous

#420E0F #42270E #42410E

triadic

#42270E #0E4227 #270E42

tetradic

#42270E #0F420E #0E2942 #410E42

square

#42270E #0F420E #0E2942 #410E42

split-complementary

#42270E #0E4241 #0E0F42

monochromatic

#190F05 #190F05 #42270E #744519 #A76323

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.74

#42270E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#42270E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42270E

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42270E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42270E	1.00	13.74	1.53	13.74
#FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F290B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36300E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492122

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42270e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 39, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.055 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79614e',
    500: '#42270e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42270e;
$custom-light: #79614e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42270e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.846,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30151,
    "c": 0.05518,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42270E

secondary

#2F577D

accent

#97E840

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#090501

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #42270E

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

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