#4A2209#4A2209

#4A2209 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.070 H 49.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2209
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 9)
HSL	hsl(23, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(23, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.45, 16.98, 23.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.45, 28.98, 54.13°)
OKLab	oklab(30.33% 0.0461 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(30.33% 0.07 49)
XYZ	xyz(3.4457, 2.6200, 0.5827)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2209 #09314A

analogous

#4A0911 #4A2209 #4A4309

triadic

#4A2209 #094A22 #22094A

tetradic

#4A2209 #114A09 #09314A #43094A

square

#4A2209 #114A09 #09314A #43094A

split-complementary

#4A2209 #094A43 #09114A

monochromatic

#1B0D03 #1B0D03 #4A2209 #813B10 #B75416

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.78

#4A2209 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#4A2209 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2209

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2209	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2209	1.00	13.78	1.52	13.78
#FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2706

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373008

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52191D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2209;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.070 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815e4b',
    500: '#4a2209',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2209;
$custom-light: #815e4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2209",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30334,
    "c": 0.07031,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.0262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2209

secondary

#276287

accent

#AAF533

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2209

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

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