#491D0B#491D0B

#491D0B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.073 H 41.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D0B
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 11)
HSL	hsl(17, 74%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(17, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 84.9%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.08, 19.65, 20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.08, 28.74, 46.86°)
OKLab	oklab(29.26% 0.0547 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(29.26% 0.073 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.2477, 2.3198, 0.5933)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D0B #0B3749

analogous

#490B18 #491D0B #493C0B

triadic

#491D0B #0B491D #1D0B49

tetradic

#491D0B #18490B #0B3749 #3C0B49

square

#491D0B #18490B #0B3749 #3C0B49

split-complementary

#491D0B #0B493C #0B1849

monochromatic

#1B0B04 #1B0B04 #491D0B #7E3213 #B3471B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.35

#491D0B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#491D0B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D0B

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D0B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D0B	1.00	14.35	1.46	14.35
#FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#511319

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d0b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.073 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805a4c',
    500: '#491d0b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d0b;
$custom-light: #805a4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d0b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.419,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29259,
    "c": 0.07293,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D0B

secondary

#2A6B85

accent

#BBF037

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D0B

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

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