#4A3409#4A3409

#4A3409 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.064 H 79.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3409
RGB	rgb(74, 52, 9)
HSL	hsl(40, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(40, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.45, 5.36, 28.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.45, 29.45, 79.52°)
OKLab	oklab(34.2% 0.0118 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(34.2% 0.064 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.1016, 3.9319, 0.8013)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3409 #091F4A

analogous

#4A1409 #4A3409 #404A09

triadic

#4A3409 #094A34 #34094A

tetradic

#4A3409 #094A14 #091F4A #4A0940

square

#4A3409 #094A14 #091F4A #4A0940

split-complementary

#4A3409 #09404A #14094A

monochromatic

#1B1303 #1B1303 #4A3409 #815A10 #B78116

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#4A3409 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4A3409 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3409

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3409	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3409	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3503

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423A0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512E2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3409;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 52, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.064 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806b4c',
    500: '#4a3409',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3409;
$custom-light: #806b4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3409",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.692,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34201,
    "c": 0.06429,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3409

secondary

#274887

accent

#75F533

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFEBE7

border

#CAC6C3

text

#0B0601

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3409

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

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