#4A140E#4A140E

#4A140E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.083 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A140E
RGB	rgb(74, 20, 14)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(6, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 81.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.43, 25.21, 17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.43, 30.72, 34.82°)
OKLab	oklab(28.06% 0.0725 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(28.06% 0.083 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.1538, 1.9883, 0.6331)
Luminance	0.0199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A140E #0E444A

analogous

#4A0E26 #4A140E #4A320E

triadic

#4A140E #0E4A14 #140E4A

tetradic

#4A140E #264A0E #0E444A #320E4A

square

#4A140E #264A0E #0E444A #320E4A

split-complementary

#4A140E #0E4A32 #0E264A

monochromatic

#1A0705 #1A0705 #4A140E #7D2218 #B13021

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.03

#4A140E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#4A140E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A140E

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A140E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A140E	1.00	15.03	1.40	15.03
#FFFFFF	15.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#231F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312B0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520613

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a140e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 20, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.083 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82554d',
    500: '#4a140e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a140e;
$custom-light: #82554d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a140e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28056,
    "c": 0.08334,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A140E

secondary

#2F7C85

accent

#DAEB3D

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A140E

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

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