#4A422C#4A422C

#4A422C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.036 H 90.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A422C
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 44)
HSL	hsl(44, 25%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(44, 41%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 40.5%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.21, -0.40, 14.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.21, 14.66, 91.57°)
OKLab	oklab(38.1% -0.0002 0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(38.1% 0.036 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2270, 5.5343, 3.1753)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A422C #2C344A

analogous

#4A332C #4A422C #434A2C

triadic

#4A422C #2C4A42 #422C4A

tetradic

#4A422C #2C4A33 #2C344A #4A2C43

square

#4A422C #2C4A33 #2C344A #4A2C43

split-complementary

#4A422C #2C434A #332C4A

monochromatic

#13110B #242015 #4A422C #706443 #97865A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#4A422C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4A422C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A422C

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A422C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A422C	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47412A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49442D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a422c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.036 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7665',
    500: '#4a422c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a422c;
$custom-light: #7d7665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a422c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 25.424,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38097,
    "c": 0.03638,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A422C

secondary

#56607C

accent

#7EC266

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#090805

muted

#7B7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A422C

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

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