#4A3709#4A3709

#4A3709 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.065 H 84.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3709
RGB	rgb(74, 55, 9)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(42, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 3.41, 29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 30.05, 83.48°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.0062 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.065 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.2398, 4.2083, 0.8474)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3709 #091C4A

analogous

#4A1709 #4A3709 #3D4A09

triadic

#4A3709 #094A37 #37094A

tetradic

#4A3709 #094A17 #091C4A #4A093D

square

#4A3709 #094A17 #091C4A #4A093D

split-complementary

#4A3709 #093D4A #17094A

monochromatic

#1B1403 #1B1403 #4A3709 #816010 #B78816

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#4A3709 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4A3709 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3709

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3709	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3709	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3703

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443C0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51312E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3709;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 55, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.065 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806d4d',
    500: '#4a3709',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3709;
$custom-light: #806d4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3709",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.462,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34909,
    "c": 0.06527,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3709

secondary

#274387

accent

#6CF533

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFEBE7

border

#CAC6C3

text

#0B0701

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3709

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

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