#4A230D#4A230D

#4A230D is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.068 H 47.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A230D
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 13)
HSL	hsl(22, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(22, 82%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 82.4%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.75, 16.55, 22.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.75, 27.60, 53.16°)
OKLab	oklab(30.57% 0.0456 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(30.57% 0.068 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.4980, 2.6874, 0.7152)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A230D #0D344A

analogous

#4A0D16 #4A230D #4A420D

triadic

#4A230D #0D4A23 #230D4A

tetradic

#4A230D #164A0D #0D344A #420D4A

square

#4A230D #164A0D #0D344A #420D4A

split-complementary

#4A230D #0D4A42 #0D164A

monochromatic

#1A0C05 #1A0C05 #4A230D #7E3C16 #B2541F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.66

#4A230D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4A230D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A230D

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A230D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A230D	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)

#2E280A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37310C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#521B1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a230d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.068 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815e4d',
    500: '#4a230d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a230d;
$custom-light: #815e4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a230d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.639,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30571,
    "c": 0.06767,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A230D

secondary

#2E6685

accent

#ADED3B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A230D

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

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