#4A3511#4A3511

#4A3511 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.059 H 77.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3511
RGB	rgb(74, 53, 17)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 77%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.81, 5.14, 25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.81, 26.06, 78.61°)
OKLab	oklab(34.51% 0.0124 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(34.51% 0.059 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.1986, 4.0428, 1.0894)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3511 #11264A

analogous

#4A1911 #4A3511 #424A11

triadic

#4A3511 #114A35 #35114A

tetradic

#4A3511 #114A19 #11264A #4A1142

square

#4A3511 #114A19 #11264A #4A1142

split-complementary

#4A3511 #11424A #19114A

monochromatic

#191206 #191206 #4A3511 #7C591C #AE7C28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#4A3511 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4A3511 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3511

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3511	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3511	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D360D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512F2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3511;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 53, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.059 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f6c51',
    500: '#4a3511',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3511;
$custom-light: #7f6c51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3511",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34511,
    "c": 0.05888,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3511

secondary

#335183

accent

#7EE642

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFEBE7

border

#CAC6C3

text

#0A0602

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3511

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

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