#4A2211#4A2211

#4A2211 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.067 H 42.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2211
RGB	rgb(74, 34, 17)
HSL	hsl(18, 63%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(18, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 77%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.54, 17.41, 19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.54, 26.32, 48.57°)
OKLab	oklab(30.43% 0.049 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(30.43% 0.067 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.4976, 2.6408, 0.8557)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2211 #11394A

analogous

#4A111C #4A2211 #4A3E11

triadic

#4A2211 #114A22 #22114A

tetradic

#4A2211 #1C4A11 #11394A #3E114A

square

#4A2211 #1C4A11 #11394A #3E114A

split-complementary

#4A2211 #114A3E #111C4A

monochromatic

#190B06 #190B06 #4A2211 #7C391C #AE5028

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.74

#4A2211 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#4A2211 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2211

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2211	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2211	1.00	13.74	1.53	13.74
#FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D280F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373110

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#521A1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2211;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 34, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.067 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815e4f',
    500: '#4a2211',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2211;
$custom-light: #815e4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2211",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.895,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30432,
    "c": 0.06671,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2211

secondary

#336C83

accent

#B5E642

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2211

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

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