#4A170A#4A170A

#4A170A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.081 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A170A
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 10)
HSL	hsl(12, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(12, 86%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 86.5%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.96, 23.46, 20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.96, 30.85, 40.49°)
OKLab	oklab(28.44% 0.0661 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(28.44% 0.081 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.1856, 2.0910, 0.5230)
Luminance	0.0209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A170A #0A3D4A

analogous

#4A0A1D #4A170A #4A370A

triadic

#4A170A #0A4A17 #170A4A

tetradic

#4A170A #1D4A0A #0A3D4A #370A4A

square

#4A170A #1D4A0A #0A3D4A #370A4A

split-complementary

#4A170A #0A4A37 #0A1D4A

monochromatic

#1B0804 #1B0804 #4A170A #802811 #B63919

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.81

#4A170A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#4A170A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A170A

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A170A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A170A	1.00	14.81	1.42	14.81
#FFFFFF	14.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252108

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C08

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520A14

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a170a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.081 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82564b',
    500: '#4a170a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a170a;
$custom-light: #82564b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a170a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.188,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2844,
    "c": 0.08097,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A170A

secondary

#297487

accent

#CCF335

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A170A

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

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