#4E140E#4E140E

#4E140E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.088 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E140E
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 14)
HSL	hsl(6, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(6, 82%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 82.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.27, 26.82, 18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.27, 32.74, 35.00°)
OKLab	oklab(28.84% 0.077 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(28.84% 0.088 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.4717, 2.1522, 0.6480)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E140E #0E484E

analogous

#4E0E28 #4E140E #4E340E

triadic

#4E140E #0E4E14 #140E4E

tetradic

#4E140E #284E0E #0E484E #340E4E

square

#4E140E #284E0E #0E484E #340E4E

split-complementary

#4E140E #0E4E34 #0E284E

monochromatic

#1A0705 #1A0705 #4E140E #822117 #B62F21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.68

#4E140E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#4E140E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E140E

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E140E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E140E	1.00	14.68	1.43	14.68
#FFFFFF	14.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24200D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570413

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e140e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.088 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85554d',
    500: '#4e140e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e140e;
$custom-light: #85554d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e140e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.625,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28843,
    "c": 0.08835,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E140E

secondary

#2F8089

accent

#DCEC3B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E140E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →