#42342E#42342E

#42342E is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.023 H 44.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42342E
RGB	rgb(66, 52, 46)
HSL	hsl(18, 18%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(18, 30%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 30.3%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.04, 5.18, 6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.04, 8.05, 49.96°)
OKLab	oklab(33.85% 0.0163 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(33.85% 0.023 44.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9680, 3.8117, 3.1110)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42342E #2E3C42

analogous

#422E32 #42342E #423E2E

triadic

#42342E #2E4234 #342E42

tetradic

#42342E #32422E #2E3C42 #3E2E42

square

#42342E #32422E #2E3C42 #3E2E42

split-complementary

#42342E #2E423E #2E3242

monochromatic

#120E0D #1E1815 #42342E #665047 #8A6D60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#42342E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#42342E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42342E

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42342E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42342E	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37352E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B382E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463232

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42342e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 52, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.023 44.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#766b66',
    500: '#42342e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42342e;
$custom-light: #766b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42342e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3385,
    "c": 0.02276,
    "h": 44.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42342E

secondary

#596B73

accent

#A3BB6D

background

#F7F6F6

surface

#EDEBEB

border

#C8C6C6

text

#080606

muted

#7B7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42342E

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