#4B2209#4B2209

#4B2209 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.072 H 48.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B2209
RGB	rgb(75, 34, 9)
HSL	hsl(23, 79%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(23, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 88%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.63, 17.46, 23.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.63, 29.46, 53.66°)
OKLab	oklab(30.5% 0.0475 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(30.5% 0.072 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.5233, 2.6601, 0.5863)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B2209 #09324B

analogous

#4B0911 #4B2209 #4B4309

triadic

#4B2209 #094B22 #22094B

tetradic

#4B2209 #114B09 #09324B #43094B

square

#4B2209 #114B09 #09324B #43094B

split-complementary

#4B2209 #094B43 #09114B

monochromatic

#1B0C03 #1B0C03 #4B2209 #823B10 #B85416

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.71

#4B2209 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#4B2209 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B2209

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B2209	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B2209	1.00	13.71	1.53	13.71
#FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2806

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383108

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53191D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b2209;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 34, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.072 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825e4b',
    500: '#4b2209',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b2209;
$custom-light: #825e4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b2209",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.727,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30502,
    "c": 0.07152,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B2209

secondary

#286488

accent

#ABF533

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B2209

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

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