#4A1E09#4A1E09

#4A1E09 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.074 H 43.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1E09
RGB	rgb(74, 30, 9)
HSL	hsl(19, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(19, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.48, 19.42, 22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.48, 29.59, 48.97°)
OKLab	oklab(29.59% 0.0535 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(29.59% 0.074 43.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.3380, 2.4045, 0.5467)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1E09 #09354A

analogous

#4A0915 #4A1E09 #4A3F09

triadic

#4A1E09 #094A1E #1E094A

tetradic

#4A1E09 #154A09 #09354A #3F094A

square

#4A1E09 #154A09 #09354A #3F094A

split-complementary

#4A1E09 #094A3F #09154A

monochromatic

#1B0B03 #1B0B03 #4A1E09 #813410 #B74A16

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.18

#4A1E09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#4A1E09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1E09

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1E09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1E09	1.00	14.18	1.48	14.18
#FFFFFF	14.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2507

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F08

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52141A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1e09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 30, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.074 43.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815b4b',
    500: '#4a1e09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1e09;
$custom-light: #815b4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1e09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.385,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29591,
    "c": 0.07394,
    "h": 43.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1E09

secondary

#276887

accent

#B6F533

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1E09

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