#4A1C09#4A1C09

#4A1C09 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.076 H 41.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1C09
RGB	rgb(74, 28, 9)
HSL	hsl(18, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(18, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.02, 20.61, 21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.02, 29.97, 46.56°)
OKLab	oklab(29.24% 0.0571 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(29.24% 0.076 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.2889, 2.3065, 0.5304)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1C09 #09374A

analogous

#4A0917 #4A1C09 #4A3D09

triadic

#4A1C09 #094A1C #1C094A

tetradic

#4A1C09 #174A09 #09374A #3D094A

square

#4A1C09 #174A09 #09374A #3D094A

split-complementary

#4A1C09 #094A3D #09174A

monochromatic

#1B0A03 #1B0A03 #4A1C09 #813110 #B74516

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.37

#4A1C09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#4A1C09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1C09

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1C09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1C09	1.00	14.37	1.46	14.37
#FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292407

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E08

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#521218

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1c09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 28, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.076 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815a4b',
    500: '#4a1c09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1c09;
$custom-light: #815a4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1c09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.538,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29241,
    "c": 0.07595,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1C09

secondary

#276B87

accent

#BCF533

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1C09

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

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