#4C2509#4C2509

#4C2509 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.070 H 52.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2509
RGB	rgb(76, 37, 9)
HSL	hsl(25, 79%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(25, 88%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 88.2%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.56, 16.07, 24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.56, 29.60, 57.11°)
OKLab	oklab(31.25% 0.0432 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(31.25% 0.07 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.6917, 2.8798, 0.6198)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2509 #09304C

analogous

#4C090E #4C2509 #4C4709

triadic

#4C2509 #094C25 #25094C

tetradic

#4C2509 #0E4C09 #09304C #47094C

square

#4C2509 #0E4C09 #09304C #47094C

split-complementary

#4C2509 #094C47 #090E4C

monochromatic

#1B0D03 #1B0D03 #4C2509 #83400F #B95A16

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.33

#4C2509 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4C2509 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2509

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2509	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2509	1.00	13.33	1.58	13.33
#FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302A06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3309

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#541D1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2509;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 37, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.070 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83604b',
    500: '#4c2509',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2509;
$custom-light: #83604b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2509",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.075,
    "s": 78.824,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31249,
    "c": 0.0703,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2509

secondary

#286089

accent

#A4F533

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0501

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2509

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

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