#4E140A#4E140A

#4E140A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.089 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E140A
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 10)
HSL	hsl(9, 77%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(9, 87%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 87.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.22, 26.64, 20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.22, 33.63, 37.63°)
OKLab	oklab(28.79% 0.0755 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(28.79% 0.089 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.4472, 2.1424, 0.5191)
Luminance	0.0214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E140A #0A444E

analogous

#4E0A22 #4E140A #4E360A

triadic

#4E140A #0A4E14 #140A4E

tetradic

#4E140A #224E0A #0A444E #360A4E

square

#4E140A #224E0A #0A444E #360A4E

split-complementary

#4E140A #0A4E36 #0A224E

monochromatic

#1B0703 #1B0703 #4E140A #842211 #BA3018

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.70

#4E140A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#4E140A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E140A

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E140A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E140A	1.00	14.70	1.43	14.70
#FFFFFF	14.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252008

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D08

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570312

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e140a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.089 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85554b',
    500: '#4e140a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e140a;
$custom-light: #85554b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e140a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.824,
    "s": 77.273,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28791,
    "c": 0.0892,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E140A

secondary

#297C8B

accent

#D8F434

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E140A

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

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