#4A1D09#4A1D09

#4A1D09 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.075 H 42.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1D09
RGB	rgb(74, 29, 9)
HSL	hsl(18, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(18, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.25, 20.02, 22.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.25, 29.77, 47.75°)
OKLab	oklab(29.41% 0.0553 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(29.41% 0.075 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.3131, 2.3547, 0.5384)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1D09 #09364A

analogous

#4A0916 #4A1D09 #4A3E09

triadic

#4A1D09 #094A1D #1D094A

tetradic

#4A1D09 #164A09 #09364A #3E094A

square

#4A1D09 #164A09 #09364A #3E094A

split-complementary

#4A1D09 #094A3E #09164A

monochromatic

#1B0B03 #1B0B03 #4A1D09 #813210 #B74816

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.28

#4A1D09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#4A1D09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1D09

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1D09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1D09	1.00	14.28	1.47	14.28
#FFFFFF	14.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2407

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352E08

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#521319

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1d09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 29, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.075 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815a4b',
    500: '#4a1d09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1d09;
$custom-light: #815a4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1d09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29414,
    "c": 0.07493,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1D09

secondary

#276A87

accent

#B9F533

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1D09

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

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