#481B09#481B09

#481B09 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.074 H 40.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B09
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 9)
HSL	hsl(17, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(17, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 87.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.41, 20.28, 20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.41, 29.14, 45.90°)
OKLab	oklab(28.71% 0.0563 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(28.71% 0.074 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.1140, 2.1817, 0.5155)
Luminance	0.0218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B09 #093648

analogous

#480916 #481B09 #483A09

triadic

#481B09 #09481B #1B0948

tetradic

#481B09 #164809 #093648 #3A0948

square

#481B09 #164809 #093648 #3A0948

split-complementary

#481B09 #09483A #091648

monochromatic

#1B0A03 #1B0A03 #481B09 #7E2F10 #B54417

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.62

#481B09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#481B09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B09

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B09	1.00	14.62	1.44	14.62
#FFFFFF	14.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282207

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332C08

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#501117

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.074 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80594b',
    500: '#481b09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b09;
$custom-light: #80594b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28706,
    "c": 0.07443,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B09

secondary

#276B85

accent

#BDF434

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B09

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

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