#4A2009#4A2009

#4A2009 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.072 H 46.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2009
RGB	rgb(74, 32, 9)
HSL	hsl(21, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(21, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.96, 18.21, 22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.96, 29.25, 51.50°)
OKLab	oklab(29.96% 0.0499 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(29.96% 0.072 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.3902, 2.5090, 0.5642)
Luminance	0.0251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2009 #09334A

analogous

#4A0913 #4A2009 #4A4109

triadic

#4A2009 #094A20 #20094A

tetradic

#4A2009 #134A09 #09334A #41094A

square

#4A2009 #134A09 #09334A #41094A

split-complementary

#4A2009 #094A41 #09134A

monochromatic

#1B0C03 #1B0C03 #4A2009 #813810 #B74F16

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.98

#4A2009 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#4A2009 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2009

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2009	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2009	1.00	13.98	1.50	13.98
#FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2606

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363008

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52171B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2009;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 32, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.072 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815c4b',
    500: '#4a2009',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2009;
$custom-light: #815c4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2009",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.231,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29956,
    "c": 0.07206,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2009

secondary

#276587

accent

#B0F533

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2009

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

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