#4A240B#4A240B

#4A240B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.068 H 50.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A240B
RGB	rgb(74, 36, 11)
HSL	hsl(24, 74%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(24, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 85.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.98, 15.82, 23.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.98, 28.14, 55.80°)
OKLab	oklab(30.74% 0.043 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(30.74% 0.068 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.5156, 2.7422, 0.6607)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A240B #0B314A

analogous

#4A0B11 #4A240B #4A440B

triadic

#4A240B #0B4A24 #240B4A

tetradic

#4A240B #114A0B #0B314A #440B4A

square

#4A240B #114A0B #0B314A #440B4A

split-complementary

#4A240B #0B4A44 #0B114A

monochromatic

#1B0D04 #1B0D04 #4A240B #7F3E13 #B5581B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.56

#4A240B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#4A240B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A240B

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A240B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A240B	1.00	13.56	1.55	13.56
#FFFFFF	13.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2908

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38310B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#521C1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a240b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 36, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.068 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815f4c',
    500: '#4a240b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a240b;
$custom-light: #815f4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a240b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.81,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30744,
    "c": 0.06779,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A240B

secondary

#2B6286

accent

#A7F137

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A240B

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