#4A2C09#4A2C09

#4A2C09 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.065 H 65.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A2C09
RGB	rgb(74, 44, 9)
HSL	hsl(32, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(32, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.5%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.12, 10.57, 26.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.12, 28.55, 68.26°)
OKLab	oklab(32.39% 0.0271 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(32.39% 0.065 65.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.7743, 3.2773, 0.6922)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A2C09 #09274A

analogous

#4A0C09 #4A2C09 #484A09

triadic

#4A2C09 #094A2C #2C094A

tetradic

#4A2C09 #094A0C #09274A #4A0948

square

#4A2C09 #094A0C #09274A #4A0948

split-complementary

#4A2C09 #09484A #0C094A

monochromatic

#1B1003 #1B1003 #4A2C09 #814C10 #B76D16

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#4A2C09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4A2C09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A2C09

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A2C09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A2C09	1.00	12.69	1.66	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#362F05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D360A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522525

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a2c09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 44, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.065 65.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80654b',
    500: '#4a2c09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a2c09;
$custom-light: #80654b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a2c09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.308,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32391,
    "c": 0.0645,
    "h": 65.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A2C09

secondary

#275487

accent

#8CF533

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFEBE7

border

#CAC6C3

text

#0B0501

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A2C09

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

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