#4A3512#4A3512

#4A3512 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.058 H 77.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3512
RGB	rgb(74, 53, 18)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 75.7%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.82, 5.21, 25.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.82, 25.55, 78.23°)
OKLab	oklab(34.52% 0.0127 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(34.52% 0.058 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.2066, 4.0460, 1.1316)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3512 #12274A

analogous

#4A1912 #4A3512 #434A12

triadic

#4A3512 #124A35 #35124A

tetradic

#4A3512 #124A19 #12274A #4A1243

square

#4A3512 #124A19 #12274A #4A1243

split-complementary

#4A3512 #12434A #19124A

monochromatic

#191206 #191206 #4A3512 #7B581E #AC7C2A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#4A3512 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4A3512 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3512

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3512	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3512	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)

#3D360E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512F2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3512;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 53, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.058 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f6c52',
    500: '#4a3512',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3512;
$custom-light: #7f6c52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3512",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34522,
    "c": 0.05806,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3512

secondary

#355283

accent

#80E444

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFEBE7

border

#CAC6C3

text

#0A0602

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3512

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

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