#4D281B#4D281B

#4D281B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.060 H 40.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D281B
RGB	rgb(77, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(16, 48%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(16, 65%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 64.9%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.73, 15.85, 16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.73, 22.56, 45.38°)
OKLab	oklab(32.26% 0.0459 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(32.26% 0.06 40)
XYZ	xyz(4.0175, 3.1749, 1.4379)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D281B #1B404D

analogous

#4D1B27 #4D281B #4D411B

triadic

#4D281B #1B4D28 #281B4D

tetradic

#4D281B #274D1B #1B404D #411B4D

square

#4D281B #274D1B #1B404D #411B4D

split-complementary

#4D281B #1B4D41 #1B274D

monochromatic

#170C08 #20100B #4D281B #7A402B #A8573B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#4D281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4D281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D281B

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D281B	1.00	12.85	1.63	12.85
#FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B351B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542125

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.060 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826257',
    500: '#4d281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d281b;
$custom-light: #826257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.6,
    "s": 48.077,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3226,
    "c": 0.05984,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.03174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D281B

secondary

#417283

accent

#B4D850

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D281B

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

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