#4E230B#4E230B

#4E230B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.073 H 46.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E230B
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 11)
HSL	hsl(21, 75%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(21, 86%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 85.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.42, 18.36, 23.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.42, 30.19, 52.53°)
OKLab	oklab(31.22% 0.0503 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(31.22% 0.073 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.8037, 2.8464, 0.6656)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E230B #0B364E

analogous

#4E0B14 #4E230B #4E450B

triadic

#4E230B #0B4E23 #230B4E

tetradic

#4E230B #144E0B #0B364E #450B4E

square

#4E230B #144E0B #0B364E #450B4E

split-complementary

#4E230B #0B4E45 #0B144E

monochromatic

#1B0C04 #1B0C04 #4E230B #843B13 #B9531A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.38

#4E230B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4E230B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E230B

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E230B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E230B	1.00	13.38	1.57	13.38
#FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2908

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A330A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561A1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e230b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.073 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845f4c',
    500: '#4e230b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e230b;
$custom-light: #845f4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e230b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.493,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31218,
    "c": 0.07346,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E230B

secondary

#2B688A

accent

#AFF236

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0401

muted

#7D7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E230B

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

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