HEX atlas value

#4A3728

#4A3728 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Pine Bark. RGB 74, 55, 40, HSL 26° 30% 22%, luminance 0.0434; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm dark earth-tone

#4A3728 Sample readable text

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

--color-4a3728: #4A3728;
.background-4a3728 { background-color: #4A3728; }
.text-4a3728 { color: #4A3728; }

HEX meaning and use

About #4A3728

#4A3728 is classified as a warm orange value with dark and earth tone visual character. #4A3728 is visually closest to Pine Bark, a named orange color with HEX #4A3728.

The RGB channels are 74, 55, and 40, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 26deg with 30% saturation and 22% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.0434, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text1.87:1AA Fail

White text11.24:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #4A3728 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000001.87:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF11.24:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

#0D0A07#0D0A07 · #FFFFFF text · best 19.74:1 #49272A#49272A · #FFFFFF text · best 13.08:1 Peat#3B2F2F · #FFFFFF text · best 12.85:1 #273A49#273A49 · #FFFFFF text · best 11.74:1 #3D3834#3D3834 · #FFFFFF text · best 11.58:1

Generated Palette

Pine Bark#4A3728

#273A49#273A49

#49272A#49272A

#494727#494727

#856247#856247

#0D0A07#0D0A07

Color Harmonies

#273A49#273A49

#49272A#49272A

#494727#494727

#274936#274936

#362749#362749

Variants

#856247#856247

#0D0A07#0D0A07

#55341B#55341B

#3D3834#3D3834

#8A7566#8A7566

#994200#994200

Nearest Named Colors

Pine Bark#4A3728

Espresso#4B3621

Taupe#483C32

Bark#5B3A29

Peat#3B2F2F

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

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#4A3728","rgb":[74,55,40],"hsl":[26,30,22],"cmyk":[0,26,46,71],"luminance":0.0434,"contrast":{"black":1.87,"white":11.24}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":1.87,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":11.24,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#0D0A07","hex":"#0D0A07","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.06,"contrastWhite":19.74,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#49272A","hex":"#49272A","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.61,"contrastWhite":13.08,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Peat","hex":"#3B2F2F","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.63,"contrastWhite":12.85,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#273A49","hex":"#273A49","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.79,"contrastWhite":11.74,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#3D3834","hex":"#3D3834","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.81,"contrastWhite":11.58,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","dark","earth tone","dark orange","earth tone orange","Pine Bark adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","dark theme accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/4a3728.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pine-bark.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/espresso.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/taupe.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#273A49","analogous":["#49272A","#494727"],"triadic":["#274936","#362749"],"tetradic":["#2A4927","#273A49","#472749"],"splitComplementary":["#274947","#272A49"],"monochromatic":["#856247","#4A3728","#0D0A07"]}

Variants

{"light":"#856247","dark":"#0D0A07","saturated":"#55341B","desaturated":"#3D3834","pastel":"#8A7566","neon":"#994200"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pine-bark","name":"Pine Bark","hex":"#4A3728","distance":0},{"slug":"espresso","name":"Espresso","hex":"#4B3621","distance":7.14142842854285},{"slug":"taupe","name":"Taupe","hex":"#483C32","distance":11.357816691600547},{"slug":"bark","name":"Bark","hex":"#5B3A29","distance":17.291616465790582},{"slug":"peat","name":"Peat","hex":"#3B2F2F","distance":18.384776310850235}]

#4A3728

CSS

About #4A3728

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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