#42271B#42271B

#42271B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.046 H 44.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42271B
RGB	rgb(66, 39, 27)
HSL	hsl(18, 42%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(18, 59%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.9%, 59.1%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.75, 11.16, 13.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.75, 17.28, 49.76°)
OKLab	oklab(30.38% 0.0327 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(30.38% 0.046 44.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.1703, 2.6887, 1.3887)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42271B #1B3642

analogous

#421B22 #42271B #423A1B

triadic

#42271B #1B4227 #271B42

tetradic

#42271B #22421B #1B3642 #3A1B42

square

#42271B #22421B #1B3642 #3A1B42

split-complementary

#42271B #1B423A #1B2242

monochromatic

#160D09 #170D09 #42271B #6D412D #995A3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.66

#42271B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#42271B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42271B

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42271B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42271B	1.00	13.66	1.54	13.66
#FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35301B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482224

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42271b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 39, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.046 44.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786157',
    500: '#42271b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42271b;
$custom-light: #786157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42271b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30376,
    "c": 0.04585,
    "h": 44.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42271B

secondary

#416778

accent

#ACD256

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EDE9E9

border

#C8C5C5

text

#090503

muted

#7B7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #42271B

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

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