#402C19

sRGB · 64 / 44 / 25

#402C19 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 64 red, 44 green and 25 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 29.2° lands in the orange region. Its 43.8% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 17.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (13.19:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 64, 44, 25
HSL: 29.23°, 43.82%, 17.45%
HSV / HSB: 29.23°, 60.94%, 25.10%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 31.25%, 60.94%, 74.90%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 3.190, 2.962, 1.323
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 19.890, 6.593, 15.898
WCAG relative luminance: 0.02962
24-bit decimal: 4205593

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #402C19 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 1.59:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 13.19:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#192D40 sits half a turn (180°) from #402C19 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#402C19 #192D40

Analogous

#401919 and #404019 sit 30° to either side of #402C19. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#401919 #402C19 #404019

Triadic

#402C19, #19402C and #2C1940 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#402C19 #19402C #2C1940

Split complementary

Start at #402C19 and look across the wheel. #194040 and #191940 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#402C19 #194040 #191940

Square

Starting with #402C19, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #1A4019, #192D40, then #401940. Across the square, #402C19 pairs with #192D40, and #1A4019 with #401940.

#402C19 #1A4019 #192D40 #401940

Tetradic

#402C19 and #192D40 are opposites, as are #2D4019 and #2C1940. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#402C19 #2D4019 #192D40 #2C1940

Tints

Mixing #402C19 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #665647, keeps 80% of the original. By #D9D5D1, the mixture is 80% white.

#402C19 #665647 #8C8075 #B3ABA3 #D9D5D1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #402C19 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #332314, keeps 80% of the original. By #0D0905, the mixture is 80% black.

#402C19 #332314 #261A0F #1A120A #0D0905 #000000

Tones

Mixing #402C19 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #4D3D2E, keeps 80% of the original. By #736F6B, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#402C19 #4D3D2E #5A4E42 #665E57 #736F6B #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#402C19

RGB

rgb(64 44 25)

HSL

hsl(29.231 43.820% 17.451%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #402C19;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#402C19 uses 64 red, 44 green and 25 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 25.1%

Green 17.3%

Blue 9.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #402C19 is 0.0% cyan, 31.2% magenta, 60.9% yellow and 74.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 31.3%

Yellow 60.9%

Black 74.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #443311. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #431 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #402C19 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #333300, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #443311 Nearest web-safe · #333300

Gradient to complement

#402C19 #3A2C20 #332C26 #2D2D2D #262D33 #202D3A #192D40

Color vision previews

Compare how #402C19 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#322D17

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#373219

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#462827

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#382D18

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#3A3019

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#412B1F

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#303030

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#392E26

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.05127 G 0.02519 B 0.00972

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.23915 G 0.17578 B 0.10944

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.04664 G 0.02605 B 0.01155

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.427 y 0.396 Y 2.962

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 74.902 M % 82.745 Y % 90.196

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01000000 00101100 00011001