Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Pine Bark

Pine Bark is a dark and earth tone orange color with HEX #4A3728. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 74, 55, 40, HSL 26, 30%, 22%, warm temperature, and is useful for earth tone palettes, interior design, and material inspired branding.

#4A3728 orange warm darkearth-tone
HEX #4A3728
RGB rgb(74, 55, 40)
HSL hsl(26 30% 22%)
CMYK cmyk(0, 26, 46, 71)
Luminance 0.0434
Contrast Black 1.87:1White 11.24:1

CSS Utilities

--color-pine-bark: #4A3728;
.bg-pine-bark { background-color: #4A3728; }
.text-pine-bark { color: #4A3728; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.0434
Black text1.87:1AA Fail
White text11.24:1AA Pass
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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    55,
    40
  ],
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    30,
    22
  ],
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    46,
    71
  ],
  "luminance": 0.0434,
  "contrast": {
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
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    "#494727"
  ],
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    "#362749"
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    "#273A49",
    "#472749"
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    "#4A3728",
    "#0D0A07"
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}
Variants
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  "dark": "#0D0A07",
  "saturated": "#55341B",
  "desaturated": "#3D3834",
  "pastel": "#8A7566",
  "neon": "#994200"
}
Pairings
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  ],
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  ],
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    "#856247",
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}
Knowledge graph
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    ]
  }
}
Full JSON dataset 
{
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  ],
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    ],
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    ],
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      "high-saturation futuristic interfaces"
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  },
  "family": "orange",
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Color meaning and use

About Pine Bark Color

Pine Bark sits in the orange family with warm temperature and dark and earth tone visual character. Pine Bark is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include groundedness, warmth, and natural texture, which makes it relevant for architecture and home decor. In design work, Pine Bark is most useful for earth-tone palettes, interior design, and material-inspired branding, especially when paired with white text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Orange color familyBrowse named orange colors and compare nearby swatches.Warm colorsExplore colors with warm temperature behavior.Dark colorsFind colors with dark visual character.Earth Tone colorsFind colors with earth tone visual character.Pine Bark accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #4A3728.Pine Bark CSS utilitiesUse Pine Bark in CSS variables and utility classes.#4A3728 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Pine Bark paletteOpen the generated palette based on Pine Bark.Pine Bark harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Pine Bark against black and white text.

Black text1.87:1AA Fail
White text11.24:1AA Pass
AA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
AAA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Espresso#4B3621
Taupe#483C32
Bark#5B3A29
Peat#3B2F2F
Walnut#5C4033

Color Harmonies

#273A49#273A49
#49272A#49272A
#494727#494727
#274936#274936
#362749#362749
Open full Pine Bark harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#856247#856247
#0D0A07#0D0A07
#55341B#55341B
#3D3834#3D3834
#8A7566#8A7566
#994200#994200

Pairings

White#FFFFFF
#273A49#273A49
#49272A#49272A
#494727#494727
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5