#4B281C#4B281C

#4B281C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.057 H 39.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B281C
RGB	rgb(75, 40, 28)
HSL	hsl(15, 46%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(15, 63%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.7%, 62.7%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.43, 14.99, 14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.43, 21.17, 44.92°)
OKLab	oklab(31.97% 0.0436 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(31.97% 0.057 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.8703, 3.0977, 1.4925)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B281C #1C3F4B

analogous

#4B1C27 #4B281C #4B3F1C

triadic

#4B281C #1C4B28 #281C4B

tetradic

#4B281C #274B1C #1C3F4B #3F1C4B

square

#4B281C #274B1C #1C3F4B #3F1C4B

split-complementary

#4B281C #1C4B3F #1C274B

monochromatic

#160C08 #1E100B #4B281C #78402D #A4583D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.97

#4B281C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4B281C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B281C

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B281C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B281C	1.00	12.97	1.62	12.97
#FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39341C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522225

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b281c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 40, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.057 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806258',
    500: '#4b281c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b281c;
$custom-light: #806258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b281c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.319,
    "s": 45.631,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31969,
    "c": 0.05662,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B281C

secondary

#427181

accent

#B4D552

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0A0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B281C

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

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