#4A1609#4A1609

#4A1609 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.082 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1609
RGB	rgb(74, 22, 9)
HSL	hsl(12, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(12, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.75, 23.95, 20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.75, 31.31, 40.11°)
OKLab	oklab(28.28% 0.0674 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(28.28% 0.082 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.1606, 2.0498, 0.4876)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1609 #093D4A

analogous

#4A091D #4A1609 #4A3709

triadic

#4A1609 #094A16 #16094A

tetradic

#4A1609 #1D4A09 #093D4A #37094A

square

#4A1609 #1D4A09 #093D4A #37094A

split-complementary

#4A1609 #094A37 #091D4A

monochromatic

#1B0803 #1B0803 #4A1609 #812610 #B73616

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.90

#4A1609 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#4A1609 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1609

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1609	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1609	1.00	14.90	1.41	14.90
#FFFFFF	14.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252007

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C07

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520813

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1609;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 22, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.082 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82564a',
    500: '#4a1609',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1609;
$custom-light: #82564a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1609",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28277,
    "c": 0.08233,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1609

secondary

#277487

accent

#CEF533

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1609

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

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