#4A3609#4A3609

#4A3609 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.065 H 82.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3609
RGB	rgb(74, 54, 9)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(42, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 4.06, 29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 29.84, 82.18°)
OKLab	oklab(34.67% 0.0081 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(34.67% 0.065 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.1928, 4.1142, 0.8317)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3609 #091D4A

analogous

#4A1609 #4A3609 #3E4A09

triadic

#4A3609 #094A36 #36094A

tetradic

#4A3609 #094A16 #091D4A #4A093E

square

#4A3609 #094A16 #091D4A #4A093E

split-complementary

#4A3609 #093E4A #16094A

monochromatic

#1B1403 #1B1403 #4A3609 #815E10 #B78616

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#4A3609 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4A3609 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3609

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3609	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3609	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3603

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433B0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51302D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3609;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 54, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.065 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806c4c',
    500: '#4a3609',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3609;
$custom-light: #806c4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3609",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34672,
    "c": 0.06489,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3609

secondary

#274587

accent

#6FF533

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFEBE7

border

#CAC6C3

text

#0B0701

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3609

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

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