#4E220B#4E220B

#4E220B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.074 H 45.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E220B
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 11)
HSL	hsl(21, 75%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(21, 86%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 85.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.18, 18.97, 23.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.18, 30.34, 51.30°)
OKLab	oklab(31.03% 0.0521 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(31.03% 0.074 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.7747, 2.7884, 0.6560)
Luminance	0.0279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E220B #0B374E

analogous

#4E0B16 #4E220B #4E440B

triadic

#4E220B #0B4E22 #220B4E

tetradic

#4E220B #164E0B #0B374E #440B4E

square

#4E220B #164E0B #0B374E #440B4E

split-complementary

#4E220B #0B4E44 #0B164E

monochromatic

#1B0C04 #1B0C04 #4E220B #843913 #B9511A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.48

#4E220B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#4E220B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E220B

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E220B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E220B	1.00	13.48	1.56	13.48
#FFFFFF	13.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39320A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56181D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e220b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.074 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e4c',
    500: '#4e220b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e220b;
$custom-light: #845e4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e220b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.597,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31033,
    "c": 0.07436,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E220B

secondary

#2B698A

accent

#B1F236

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0401

muted

#7D7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E220B

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

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