#4E2012#4E2012

#4E2012 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.074 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2012
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 18)
HSL	hsl(14, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(14, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.79, 20.54, 19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.79, 28.39, 43.65°)
OKLab	oklab(30.76% 0.0584 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(30.76% 0.074 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.7679, 2.6969, 0.8943)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2012 #12404E

analogous

#4E1222 #4E2012 #4E3E12

triadic

#4E2012 #124E20 #20124E

tetradic

#4E2012 #224E12 #12404E #3E124E

square

#4E2012 #224E12 #12404E #3E124E

split-complementary

#4E2012 #124E3E #12224E

monochromatic

#190A06 #1C0C07 #4E2012 #80341D #B14929

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.64

#4E2012 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4E2012 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2012

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2012	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2012	1.00	13.64	1.54	13.64
#FFFFFF	13.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2710

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383211

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56171D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2012;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.074 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d50',
    500: '#4e2012',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2012;
$custom-light: #845d50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2012",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30763,
    "c": 0.07364,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2012

secondary

#357487

accent

#BFE642

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2012

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

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