#4A3309#4A3309

#4A3309 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.064 H 77.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3309
RGB	rgb(74, 51, 9)
HSL	hsl(39, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(39, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.15, 6.01, 28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.15, 29.28, 78.16°)
OKLab	oklab(33.97% 0.0137 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(33.97% 0.064 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.0575, 3.8436, 0.7866)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3309 #09204A

analogous

#4A1309 #4A3309 #414A09

triadic

#4A3309 #094A33 #33094A

tetradic

#4A3309 #094A13 #09204A #4A0941

square

#4A3309 #094A13 #09204A #4A0941

split-complementary

#4A3309 #09414A #13094A

monochromatic

#1B1303 #1B1303 #4A3309 #815910 #B77E16

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#4A3309 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4A3309 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3309

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3309	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3309	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3403

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41390B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512D2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3309;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 51, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.064 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806a4c',
    500: '#4a3309',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3309;
$custom-light: #806a4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3309",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.769,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33968,
    "c": 0.06408,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3309

secondary

#274987

accent

#78F533

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFEBE7

border

#CAC6C3

text

#0B0601

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3309

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

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