#4E220E#4E220E
#4E220E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.073 H 43.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #4E220E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(78, 34, 14) |
| HSL | hsl(19, 70%, 18%) |
| HSV | hsv(19, 82%, 31%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 82.1%, 69.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(19.21, 19.12, 22.31) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(19.21, 29.38, 49.41°) |
| OKLab | oklab(31.07% 0.0532 0.0503) |
| OKLCH | oklch(31.07% 0.073 43.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(3.7935, 2.7959, 0.7553) |
| Luminance | 0.0279 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Chocolate Brown
#411900
ΔE00 3.26
Chocolate (survey)
#3D1C02
ΔE00 4.61
Dark Brown
#341C02
ΔE00 8.10
Chestnut
#742802
ΔE00 9.35
Reddy Brown
#6E1005
ΔE00 9.44
Mahogany
#4A0100
ΔE00 9.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#4E220E #0E3A4E
analogous
#4E0E1A #4E220E #4E420E
triadic
#4E220E #0E4E22 #220E4E
tetradic
#4E220E #1A4E0E #0E3A4E #420E4E
square
#4E220E #1A4E0E #0E3A4E #420E4E
split-complementary
#4E220E #0E4E42 #0E1A4E
monochromatic
#1A0B05 #1A0B05 #4E220E #823917 #B64F21
Accessibility & contrast
On white
13.47
#4E220E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
1.56
#4E220E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #4E220E
13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##4E220E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##4E220E | 1.00 | 13.47 | 1.56 | 13.47 |
| #FFFFFF | 13.47 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 1.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 13.47 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#2E290C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#39320D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#56191E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#2F2F2F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #4e220e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 14); /* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.073 43.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#845e4d',
500: '#4e220e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #4e220e; $custom-light: #845e4d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#4e220e",
"rgb": {
"r": 78,
"g": 34,
"b": 14
},
"hsl": {
"h": 18.75,
"s": 69.565,
"l": 18.039
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.31068,
"c": 0.07316,
"h": 43.4
},
"luminance": 0.02795
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#4E220E
secondary
#2F6D89
accent
#B5EC3B
background
#F8F5F4
surface
#F0E9E7
border
#CBC5C3
text
#0C0401
muted
#7D7977