#72452D#72452D

#72452D is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.072 H 48.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72452D
RGB	rgb(114, 69, 45)
HSL	hsl(21, 43%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 60.5%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.03, 16.72, 22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.03, 28.03, 53.38°)
OKLab	oklab(43.76% 0.048 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(43.76% 0.072 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.5418, 8.0240, 3.5284)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72452D #2D5A72

analogous

#722D37 #72452D #72672D

triadic

#72452D #2D7245 #452D72

tetradic

#72452D #37722D #2D5A72 #672D72

square

#72452D #37722D #2D5A72 #672D72

split-complementary

#72452D #2D7267 #2D3772

monochromatic

#1A100A #462A1C #72452D #9E603E #BE7E5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#72452D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#72452D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72452D

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72452D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72452D	1.00	8.06	2.60	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C3D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72452d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 69, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.072 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e7966',
    500: '#72452d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72452d;
$custom-light: #9e7966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72452d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.87,
    "s": 43.396,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43756,
    "c": 0.07209,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72452D

secondary

#5789A3

accent

#A7D355

background

#FAF7F6

surface

#F3EDEB

border

#CDC8C6

text

#0F0906

muted

#7F7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #72452D

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

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