#4E1B12#4E1B12

#4E1B12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.079 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B12
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 18)
HSL	hsl(9, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(9, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.68, 23.41, 18.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.68, 29.71, 37.99°)
OKLab	oklab(29.93% 0.0673 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(29.93% 0.079 32)
XYZ	xyz(3.6434, 2.4477, 0.8528)
Luminance	0.0245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B12 #12454E

analogous

#4E1227 #4E1B12 #4E3912

triadic

#4E1B12 #124E1B #1B124E

tetradic

#4E1B12 #274E12 #12454E #39124E

square

#4E1B12 #274E12 #12454E #39124E

split-complementary

#4E1B12 #124E39 #12274E

monochromatic

#190906 #1C0A07 #4E1B12 #802C1D #B13D29

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.10

#4E1B12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#4E1B12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B12

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B12	1.00	14.10	1.49	14.10
#FFFFFF	14.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353011

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.079 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845950',
    500: '#4e1b12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b12;
$custom-light: #845950;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29925,
    "c": 0.07935,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.02447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B12

secondary

#357B87

accent

#CDE642

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B12

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

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