#4A140C#4A140C

#4A140C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.084 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A140C
RGB	rgb(74, 20, 12)
HSL	hsl(8, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(8, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 83.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.40, 25.11, 18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.40, 31.17, 36.33°)
OKLab	oklab(28.03% 0.0717 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(28.03% 0.084 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.1409, 1.9832, 0.5652)
Luminance	0.0198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A140C #0C424A

analogous

#4A0C23 #4A140C #4A330C

triadic

#4A140C #0C4A14 #140C4A

tetradic

#4A140C #234A0C #0C424A #330C4A

square

#4A140C #234A0C #0C424A #330C4A

split-complementary

#4A140C #0C4A33 #0C234A

monochromatic

#1A0704 #1A0704 #4A140C #7F2215 #B3301D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.04

#4A140C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#4A140C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A140C

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A140C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A140C	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)

#231F0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312B0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520612

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a140c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 20, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.084 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82554c',
    500: '#4a140c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a140c;
$custom-light: #82554c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a140c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.742,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28027,
    "c": 0.08379,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A140C

secondary

#2C7A86

accent

#D7EF39

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A140C

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

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