#4A402C#4A402C

#4A402C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.035 H 84.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A402C
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 44)
HSL	hsl(40, 25%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(40, 41%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 40.5%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.59, 0.87, 13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.59, 13.86, 86.41°)
OKLab	oklab(37.61% 0.0035 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(37.61% 0.035 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.1122, 5.3047, 3.1370)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A402C #2C364A

analogous

#4A312C #4A402C #454A2C

triadic

#4A402C #2C4A40 #402C4A

tetradic

#4A402C #2C4A31 #2C364A #4A2C45

square

#4A402C #2C4A31 #2C364A #4A2C45

split-complementary

#4A402C #2C454A #312C4A

monochromatic

#13110B #241F15 #4A402C #706143 #97825A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#4A402C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4A402C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A402C

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A402C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A402C	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45402B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47422D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3D3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a402c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.035 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7465',
    500: '#4a402c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a402c;
$custom-light: #7d7465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a402c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 25.424,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37609,
    "c": 0.03463,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A402C

secondary

#56637C

accent

#85C266

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0805

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A402C

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

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