#4E230D#4E230D

#4E230D is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.073 H 45.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E230D
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 13)
HSL	hsl(20, 71%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(20, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 83.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.44, 18.46, 23.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.44, 29.55, 51.34°)
OKLab	oklab(31.24% 0.051 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(31.24% 0.073 45.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.8159, 2.8513, 0.7301)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E230D #0D384E

analogous

#4E0D17 #4E230D #4E430D

triadic

#4E230D #0D4E23 #230D4E

tetradic

#4E230D #174E0D #0D384E #430D4E

square

#4E230D #174E0D #0D384E #430D4E

split-complementary

#4E230D #0D4E43 #0D174E

monochromatic

#1A0C04 #1A0C04 #4E230D #823B16 #B7521E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.37

#4E230D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4E230D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E230D

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E230D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E230D	1.00	13.37	1.57	13.37
#FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F290A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39330C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561A1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e230d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.073 45.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845f4d',
    500: '#4e230d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e230d;
$custom-light: #845f4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e230d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.308,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3124,
    "c": 0.07264,
    "h": 45.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E230D

secondary

#2E6A89

accent

#B1EE3A

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0401

muted

#7D7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E230D

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

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