#4A140B#4A140B

#4A140B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.084 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A140B
RGB	rgb(74, 20, 11)
HSL	hsl(9, 74%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(9, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 85.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.39, 25.06, 18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.39, 31.39, 37.01°)
OKLab	oklab(28.01% 0.0713 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(28.01% 0.084 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.1349, 1.9808, 0.5338)
Luminance	0.0198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A140B #0B414A

analogous

#4A0B22 #4A140B #4A340B

triadic

#4A140B #0B4A14 #140B4A

tetradic

#4A140B #224A0B #0B414A #340B4A

square

#4A140B #224A0B #0B414A #340B4A

split-complementary

#4A140B #0B4A34 #0B224A

monochromatic

#1B0704 #1B0704 #4A140B #7F2213 #B5311B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.04

#4A140B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#4A140B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A140B

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A140B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A140B	1.00	15.04	1.40	15.04
#FFFFFF	15.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#231F0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312B09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520512

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a140b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 20, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.084 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82554b',
    500: '#4a140b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a140b;
$custom-light: #82554b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a140b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28013,
    "c": 0.08402,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A140B

secondary

#2B7986

accent

#D6F137

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A140B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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