#4A230C#4A230C

#4A230C is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.068 H 48.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A230C
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 12)
HSL	hsl(22, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(22, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 83.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.73, 16.50, 22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.73, 27.94, 53.81°)
OKLab	oklab(30.56% 0.0452 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(30.56% 0.068 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.4918, 2.6849, 0.6821)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A230C #0C334A

analogous

#4A0C14 #4A230C #4A420C

triadic

#4A230C #0C4A23 #230C4A

tetradic

#4A230C #144A0C #0C334A #420C4A

square

#4A230C #144A0C #0C334A #420C4A

split-complementary

#4A230C #0C4A42 #0C144A

monochromatic

#1A0C04 #1A0C04 #4A230C #7F3C15 #B3551D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.66

#4A230C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4A230C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A230C

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A230C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A230C	1.00	13.66	1.54	13.66
#FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2809

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37310B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#521B1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a230c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.068 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815e4c',
    500: '#4a230c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a230c;
$custom-light: #815e4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a230c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.258,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30559,
    "c": 0.06814,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A230C

secondary

#2C6486

accent

#ABEF39

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A230C

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

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