#4A170E#4A170E

#4A170E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.080 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A170E
RGB	rgb(74, 23, 14)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(9, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 81.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.01, 23.66, 18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.01, 29.89, 37.69°)
OKLab	oklab(28.49% 0.0676 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(28.49% 0.08 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.2100, 2.1008, 0.6518)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A170E #0E414A

analogous

#4A0E23 #4A170E #4A350E

triadic

#4A170E #0E4A17 #170E4A

tetradic

#4A170E #234A0E #0E414A #350E4A

square

#4A170E #234A0E #0E414A #350E4A

split-complementary

#4A170E #0E4A35 #0E234A

monochromatic

#1A0805 #1A0805 #4A170E #7D2718 #B13721

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.79

#4A170E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#4A170E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A170E

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A170E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A170E	1.00	14.79	1.42	14.79
#FFFFFF	14.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25210D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#520B15

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a170e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 23, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.080 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82574d',
    500: '#4a170e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a170e;
$custom-light: #82574d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a170e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28493,
    "c": 0.07989,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A170E

secondary

#2F7885

accent

#D1EB3D

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0301

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A170E

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

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