#4E1B0F#4E1B0F

#4E1B0F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.080 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B0F
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 15)
HSL	hsl(11, 68%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(11, 81%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 80.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.64, 23.24, 19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.64, 30.62, 40.63°)
OKLab	oklab(29.88% 0.066 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(29.88% 0.08 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.6204, 2.4385, 0.7319)
Luminance	0.0244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B0F #0F424E

analogous

#4E0F22 #4E1B0F #4E3A0F

triadic

#4E1B0F #0F4E1B #1B0F4E

tetradic

#4E1B0F #224E0F #0F424E #3A0F4E

square

#4E1B0F #224E0F #0F424E #3A0F4E

split-complementary

#4E1B0F #0F4E3A #0F224E

monochromatic

#1A0905 #1B0905 #4E1B0F #812D19 #B53F23

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.12

#4E1B0F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#4E1B0F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B0F

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B0F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B0F	1.00	14.12	1.49	14.12
#FFFFFF	14.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29240D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#362F0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560F18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b0f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.080 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85594e',
    500: '#4e1b0f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b0f;
$custom-light: #85594e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b0f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.429,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2988,
    "c": 0.08022,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B0F

secondary

#317888

accent

#CAEB3D

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0401

muted

#7D7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B0F

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

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