#4A230B#4A230B

#4A230B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.069 H 49.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A230B
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 11)
HSL	hsl(23, 74%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(23, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 85.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.72, 16.45, 22.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.72, 28.26, 54.41°)
OKLab	oklab(30.55% 0.0449 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(30.55% 0.069 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.4858, 2.6825, 0.6507)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A230B #0B324A

analogous

#4A0B13 #4A230B #4A430B

triadic

#4A230B #0B4A23 #230B4A

tetradic

#4A230B #134A0B #0B324A #430B4A

square

#4A230B #134A0B #0B324A #430B4A

split-complementary

#4A230B #0B4A43 #0B134A

monochromatic

#1B0D04 #1B0D04 #4A230B #7F3C13 #B5551B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.67

#4A230B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4A230B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A230B

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A230B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A230B	1.00	13.67	1.54	13.67
#FFFFFF	13.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37310A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#521B1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a230b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.069 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815e4c',
    500: '#4a230b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a230b;
$custom-light: #815e4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a230b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.857,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30548,
    "c": 0.0686,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A230B

secondary

#2B6386

accent

#AAF137

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A230B

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

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