Exploring the Color #3D2216

#3D2216 sits at 18° on the color wheel, placing it in the orange family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 47% saturation and 16% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, deep tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 61, 34, 22 produces a 14.60:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #3D2216 is a distant relative of CSS black — about 73 units away from #000000. Designers reach for orange hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want weight, depth, and grounded contrast. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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