#4E140C#4E140C

#4E140C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.089 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E140C
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 12)
HSL	hsl(7, 73%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(7, 85%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 84.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.24, 26.72, 19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.24, 33.20, 36.41°)
OKLab	oklab(28.82% 0.0762 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(28.82% 0.089 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.4588, 2.1471, 0.5801)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E140C #0C464E

analogous

#4E0C25 #4E140C #4E350C

triadic

#4E140C #0C4E14 #140C4E

tetradic

#4E140C #254E0C #0C464E #350C4E

square

#4E140C #254E0C #0C464E #350C4E

split-complementary

#4E140C #0C4E35 #0C254E

monochromatic

#1B0704 #1B0704 #4E140C #832214 #B82F1C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.69

#4E140C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#4E140C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E140C

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E140C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E140C	1.00	14.69	1.43	14.69
#FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25200B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570413

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e140c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.089 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85554c',
    500: '#4e140c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e140c;
$custom-light: #85554c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e140c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.273,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28815,
    "c": 0.08877,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E140C

secondary

#2C7E8A

accent

#DAF038

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E140C

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

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