#4B1C09#4B1C09

#4B1C09 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.077 H 40.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B1C09
RGB	rgb(75, 28, 9)
HSL	hsl(17, 79%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(17, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 88%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.21, 21.06, 22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.21, 30.48, 46.29°)
OKLab	oklab(29.42% 0.0584 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(29.42% 0.077 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.3666, 2.3465, 0.5340)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B1C09 #09384B

analogous

#4B0917 #4B1C09 #4B3D09

triadic

#4B1C09 #094B1C #1C094B

tetradic

#4B1C09 #174B09 #09384B #3D094B

square

#4B1C09 #174B09 #09384B #3D094B

split-complementary

#4B1C09 #094B3D #09174B

monochromatic

#1B0A03 #1B0A03 #4B1C09 #823010 #B84516

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.29

#4B1C09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#4B1C09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B1C09

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B1C09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B1C09	1.00	14.29	1.47	14.29
#FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292407

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352E08

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#531118

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b1c09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 28, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.077 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a4b',
    500: '#4b1c09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b1c09;
$custom-light: #825a4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b1c09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.273,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29422,
    "c": 0.07721,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B1C09

secondary

#286C88

accent

#BDF533

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0401

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B1C09

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