#481A09#481A09

#481A09 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.075 H 39.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481A09
RGB	rgb(72, 26, 9)
HSL	hsl(16, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(16, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 87.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.19, 20.86, 20.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.19, 29.35, 44.70°)
OKLab	oklab(28.54% 0.0581 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(28.54% 0.075 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.0915, 2.1366, 0.5080)
Luminance	0.0214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481A09 #093748

analogous

#480917 #481A09 #483909

triadic

#481A09 #09481A #1A0948

tetradic

#481A09 #174809 #093748 #390948

square

#481A09 #174809 #093748 #390948

split-complementary

#481A09 #094839 #091748

monochromatic

#1B0A03 #1B0A03 #481A09 #7E2E10 #B54117

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.71

#481A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#481A09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481A09

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481A09	1.00	14.71	1.43	14.71
#FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272207

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C08

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500F16

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 26, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.075 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80584b',
    500: '#481a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481a09;
$custom-light: #80584b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.19,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28535,
    "c": 0.07548,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481A09

secondary

#276C85

accent

#C0F434

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #481A09

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

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