#4A2509#4A2509

#4A2509 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.068 H 53.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2509
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 9)
HSL	hsl(26, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(26, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.22, 15.09, 24.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.22, 28.67, 58.24°)
OKLab	oklab(30.92% 0.0405 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(30.92% 0.068 53.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.5352, 2.7991, 0.6125)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2509 #092E4A

analogous

#4A090E #4A2509 #4A4609

triadic

#4A2509 #094A25 #25094A

tetradic

#4A2509 #0E4A09 #092E4A #46094A

square

#4A2509 #0E4A09 #092E4A #46094A

split-complementary

#4A2509 #094A46 #090E4A

monochromatic

#1B0E03 #1B0E03 #4A2509 #814010 #B75C16

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.46

#4A2509 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#4A2509 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2509

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2509	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2509	1.00	13.46	1.56	13.46
#FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302906

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393209

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#521D1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2509;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.068 53.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81604b',
    500: '#4a2509',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2509;
$custom-light: #81604b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2509",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.846,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30922,
    "c": 0.068,
    "h": 53.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2509

secondary

#275E87

accent

#A1F533

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2509

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

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