#4E140F#4E140F

#4E140F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.088 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E140F
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 15)
HSL	hsl(5, 68%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 80.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.28, 26.87, 18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.28, 32.49, 34.23°)
OKLab	oklab(28.86% 0.0774 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(28.86% 0.088 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.4786, 2.1550, 0.6846)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E140F #0F494E

analogous

#4E0F29 #4E140F #4E330F

triadic

#4E140F #0F4E14 #140F4E

tetradic

#4E140F #294E0F #0F494E #330F4E

square

#4E140F #294E0F #0F494E #330F4E

split-complementary

#4E140F #0F4E33 #0F294E

monochromatic

#1A0705 #1B0705 #4E140F #812119 #B52E23

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.68

#4E140F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#4E140F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E140F

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E140F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E140F	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)

#24200E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#570413

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e140f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.088 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85554e',
    500: '#4e140f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e140f;
$custom-light: #85554e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e140f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.762,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28858,
    "c": 0.08815,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E140F

secondary

#318188

accent

#DDEB3D

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0301

muted

#7D7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E140F

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

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