#4E1E12#4E1E12

#4E1E12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.076 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E12
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 18)
HSL	hsl(12, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(12, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.33, 21.72, 19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.33, 28.90, 41.28°)
OKLab	oklab(30.42% 0.062 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(30.42% 0.076 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.7157, 2.5924, 0.8769)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E12 #12424E

analogous

#4E1224 #4E1E12 #4E3C12

triadic

#4E1E12 #124E1E #1E124E

tetradic

#4E1E12 #244E12 #12424E #3C124E

square

#4E1E12 #244E12 #12424E #3C124E

split-complementary

#4E1E12 #124E3C #12244E

monochromatic

#190A06 #1C0B07 #4E1E12 #80311D #B14429

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.83

#4E1E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#4E1E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E12

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E12	1.00	13.83	1.52	13.83
#FFFFFF	13.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373111

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56141B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.076 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b50',
    500: '#4e1e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e12;
$custom-light: #845b50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30418,
    "c": 0.07587,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E12

secondary

#357787

accent

#C5E642

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E12

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