#491E0B#491E0B

#491E0B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.072 H 42.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E0B
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 11)
HSL	hsl(18, 74%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(18, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 84.9%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.32, 19.05, 21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.32, 28.54, 48.13°)
OKLab	oklab(29.44% 0.0529 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(29.44% 0.072 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.2727, 2.3696, 0.6016)
Luminance	0.0237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E0B #0B3649

analogous

#490B17 #491E0B #493D0B

triadic

#491E0B #0B491E #1E0B49

tetradic

#491E0B #17490B #0B3649 #3D0B49

square

#491E0B #17490B #0B3649 #3D0B49

split-complementary

#491E0B #0B493D #0B1749

monochromatic

#1B0B04 #1B0B04 #491E0B #7E3413 #B34A1B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.25

#491E0B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#491E0B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E0B

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E0B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E0B	1.00	14.25	1.47	14.25
#FFFFFF	14.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51151A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e0b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.072 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805b4c',
    500: '#491e0b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e0b;
$custom-light: #805b4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e0b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.387,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29438,
    "c": 0.07193,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E0B

secondary

#2A6985

accent

#B8F037

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E0B

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

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