#4A2809#4A2809

#4A2809 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.066 H 58.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2809
RGB	rgb(74, 40, 9)
HSL	hsl(29, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(29, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.02, 13.17, 25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.02, 28.51, 62.49°)
OKLab	oklab(31.54% 0.0347 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(31.54% 0.066 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.6325, 2.9935, 0.6449)
Luminance	0.0299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2809 #092B4A

analogous

#4A090B #4A2809 #4A4909

triadic

#4A2809 #094A28 #28094A

tetradic

#4A2809 #0B4A09 #092B4A #49094A

square

#4A2809 #0B4A09 #092B4A #49094A

split-complementary

#4A2809 #094A49 #090B4A

monochromatic

#1B0F03 #1B0F03 #4A2809 #814510 #B76316

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.14

#4A2809 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4A2809 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2809

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2809	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2809	1.00	13.14	1.60	13.14
#FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322C05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3309

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2809;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 40, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.066 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81624b',
    500: '#4a2809',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2809;
$custom-light: #81624b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2809",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.615,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31537,
    "c": 0.06615,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2809

secondary

#275A87

accent

#98F533

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFEAE7

border

#CAC6C3

text

#0B0501

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2809

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

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