#48281B#48281B

#48281B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.053 H 42.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48281B
RGB	rgb(72, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(17, 45%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(17, 63%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 62.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.94, 13.45, 14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.94, 20.07, 47.93°)
OKLab	oklab(31.49% 0.0391 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(31.49% 0.053 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.6294, 2.9748, 1.4197)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48281B #1B3B48

analogous

#481B25 #48281B #483F1B

triadic

#48281B #1B4828 #281B48

tetradic

#48281B #25481B #1B3B48 #3F1B48

square

#48281B #25481B #1B3B48 #3F1B48

split-complementary

#48281B #1B483F #1B2548

monochromatic

#160C08 #1B0F0A #48281B #75412C #A1593C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.17

#48281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#48281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48281B

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48281B	1.00	13.17	1.59	13.17
#FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38331B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2225

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.053 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d6257',
    500: '#48281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48281b;
$custom-light: #7d6257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.333,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31489,
    "c": 0.05307,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48281B

secondary

#416C7E

accent

#AFD553

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EEEAE9

border

#C9C6C5

text

#0A0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #48281B

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

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