#4A3209#4A3209

#4A3209 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.064 H 75.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3209
RGB	rgb(74, 50, 9)
HSL	hsl(38, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(38, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.85, 6.66, 28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.85, 29.13, 76.78°)
OKLab	oklab(33.74% 0.0156 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(33.74% 0.064 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.0142, 3.7571, 0.7722)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3209 #09214A

analogous

#4A1209 #4A3209 #424A09

triadic

#4A3209 #094A32 #32094A

tetradic

#4A3209 #094A12 #09214A #4A0942

square

#4A3209 #094A12 #09214A #4A0942

split-complementary

#4A3209 #09424A #12094A

monochromatic

#1B1203 #1B1203 #4A3209 #815710 #B77C16

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#4A3209 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4A3209 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3209

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3209	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3209	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3304

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40390B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512C2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3209;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 50, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.064 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80694c',
    500: '#4a3209',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3209;
$custom-light: #80694c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3209",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.846,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33737,
    "c": 0.06395,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3209

secondary

#274B87

accent

#7BF533

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFEBE7

border

#CAC6C3

text

#0B0601

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3209

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

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