#42271E#42271E

#42271E is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.044 H 39.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42271E
RGB	rgb(66, 39, 30)
HSL	hsl(15, 38%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(15, 55%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.9%, 54.5%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.81, 11.50, 11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.81, 16.08, 44.32°)
OKLab	oklab(30.45% 0.0341 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(30.45% 0.044 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.2068, 2.7033, 1.5809)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42271E #1E3942

analogous

#421E27 #42271E #42391E

triadic

#42271E #1E4227 #271E42

tetradic

#42271E #27421E #1E3942 #391E42

square

#42271E #27421E #1E3942 #391E42

split-complementary

#42271E #1E4239 #1E2742

monochromatic

#150C0A #180E0B #42271E #6C4031 #965944

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.63

#42271E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#42271E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42271E

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42271E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42271E	1.00	13.63	1.54	13.63
#FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34301E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482325

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42271e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 39, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.044 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786159',
    500: '#42271e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42271e;
$custom-light: #786159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42271e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30445,
    "c": 0.04405,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42271E

secondary

#456A77

accent

#B1CD5A

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EDE9E9

border

#C8C5C5

text

#090503

muted

#7B7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #42271E

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

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