#4A3911#4A3911

#4A3911 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.060 H 85.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3911
RGB	rgb(74, 57, 17)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(42, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 77%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.02, 2.55, 26.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.02, 26.93, 84.56°)
OKLab	oklab(35.46% 0.0049 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(35.46% 0.06 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.3886, 4.4229, 1.1528)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3911 #11224A

analogous

#4A1C11 #4A3911 #3E4A11

triadic

#4A3911 #114A39 #39114A

tetradic

#4A3911 #114A1C #11224A #4A113E

square

#4A3911 #114A1C #11224A #4A113E

split-complementary

#4A3911 #113E4A #1C114A

monochromatic

#191306 #191306 #4A3911 #7C5F1C #AE8628

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#4A3911 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4A3911 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3911

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3911	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3911	1.00	11.14	1.88	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41390C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#453D13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513331

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3911;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 57, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.060 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f6f51',
    500: '#4a3911',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3911;
$custom-light: #7f6f51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3911",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.105,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3546,
    "c": 0.06045,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3911

secondary

#334B83

accent

#73E642

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFECE7

border

#CAC7C3

text

#0A0702

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3911

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

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