#48240E#48240E

#48240E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.064 H 49.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48240E
RGB	rgb(72, 36, 14)
HSL	hsl(23, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(23, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 80.6%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.68, 15.00, 21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.68, 26.16, 55.02°)
OKLab	oklab(30.45% 0.0413 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(30.45% 0.064 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.3829, 2.6716, 0.7529)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48240E #0E3248

analogous

#480E15 #48240E #48410E

triadic

#48240E #0E4824 #240E48

tetradic

#48240E #15480E #0E3248 #410E48

square

#48240E #15480E #0E3248 #410E48

split-complementary

#48240E #0E4841 #0E1548

monochromatic

#1A0D05 #1A0D05 #48240E #7B3E18 #AE5722

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.69

#48240E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#48240E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48240E

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48240E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48240E	1.00	13.69	1.53	13.69
#FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E290C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37310E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#501D1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48240e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 36, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.064 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5f4e',
    500: '#48240e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48240e;
$custom-light: #7f5f4e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48240e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.759,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30453,
    "c": 0.06389,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48240E

secondary

#2F6383

accent

#A9EA3D

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #48240E

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

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