#4A3009#4A3009

#4A3009 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.064 H 72.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3009
RGB	rgb(74, 48, 9)
HSL	hsl(36, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(36, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.27, 7.97, 27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.27, 28.86, 73.98°)
OKLab	oklab(33.28% 0.0194 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(33.28% 0.064 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.9306, 3.5898, 0.7443)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3009 #09234A

analogous

#4A1009 #4A3009 #444A09

triadic

#4A3009 #094A30 #30094A

tetradic

#4A3009 #094A10 #09234A #4A0944

square

#4A3009 #094A10 #09234A #4A0944

split-complementary

#4A3009 #09444A #10094A

monochromatic

#1B1203 #1B1203 #4A3009 #815310 #B77716

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#4A3009 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4A3009 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3009

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3009	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3009	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393204

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F380A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512928

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3009;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 48, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.064 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80684c',
    500: '#4a3009',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3009;
$custom-light: #80684c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3009",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3328,
    "c": 0.06387,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3009

secondary

#274E87

accent

#81F533

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFEBE7

border

#CAC6C3

text

#0B0601

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3009

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

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