Exploring the Color #481D02

#481D02 sits at 23° on the color wheel, placing it in the orange family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 95% saturation and 15% lightness, it reads as a fully saturated, deep tone — a weighted, dramatic presence with deep undertones. Its RGB mix of 72, 29, 2 produces a 14.46:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #481D02 is a distant relative of CSS maroon — about 63 units away from #800000. Designers reach for orange hues at this saturation when the brief calls for bold, immediate signal, 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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