#4E2212#4E2212

#4E2212 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.071 H 40.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2212
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 18)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.26, 19.35, 20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.26, 27.93, 46.16°)
OKLab	oklab(31.12% 0.0547 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(31.12% 0.072 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.8234, 2.8079, 0.9128)
Luminance	0.0281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2212 #123E4E

analogous

#4E1220 #4E2212 #4E4012

triadic

#4E2212 #124E22 #22124E

tetradic

#4E2212 #204E12 #123E4E #40124E

square

#4E2212 #204E12 #123E4E #40124E

split-complementary

#4E2212 #124E40 #12204E

monochromatic

#190B06 #1C0C07 #4E2212 #80381D #B14D29

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.45

#4E2212 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#4E2212 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2212

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2212	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2212	1.00	13.45	1.56	13.45
#FFFFFF	13.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2910

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393211

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56191E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2212;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.071 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e50',
    500: '#4e2212',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2212;
$custom-light: #845e50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2212",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31122,
    "c": 0.0715,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2212

secondary

#357187

accent

#BAE642

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2212

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

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