#481B0B#481B0B

#481B0B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.074 H 39.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481B0B
RGB	rgb(72, 27, 11)
HSL	hsl(16, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(16, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 84.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.44, 20.37, 20.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.44, 28.64, 44.65°)
OKLab	oklab(28.73% 0.057 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(28.73% 0.074 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.1251, 2.1862, 0.5739)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481B0B #0B3848

analogous

#480B1A #481B0B #483A0B

triadic

#481B0B #0B481B #1B0B48

tetradic

#481B0B #1A480B #0B3848 #3A0B48

square

#481B0B #1A480B #0B3848 #3A0B48

split-complementary

#481B0B #0B483A #0B1A48

monochromatic

#1B0A04 #1B0A04 #481B0B #7D2F13 #B2431B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.61

#481B0B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#481B0B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481B0B

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481B0B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481B0B	1.00	14.61	1.44	14.61
#FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272209

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#501118

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481b0b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 27, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.074 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80594b',
    500: '#481b0b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481b0b;
$custom-light: #80594b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481b0b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.738,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28729,
    "c": 0.07373,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481B0B

secondary

#2A6D84

accent

#C0F038

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #481B0B

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

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