#4E230E#4E230E

#4E230E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.072 H 44.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E230E
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 14)
HSL	hsl(20, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(20, 82%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 82.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.45, 18.51, 22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.45, 29.21, 50.67°)
OKLab	oklab(31.25% 0.0513 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(31.25% 0.072 44.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.8225, 2.8539, 0.7649)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E230E #0E394E

analogous

#4E0E19 #4E230E #4E430E

triadic

#4E230E #0E4E23 #230E4E

tetradic

#4E230E #194E0E #0E394E #430E4E

square

#4E230E #194E0E #0E394E #430E4E

split-complementary

#4E230E #0E4E43 #0E194E

monochromatic

#1A0C05 #1A0C05 #4E230E #823A17 #B65221

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.37

#4E230E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4E230E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E230E

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E230E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E230E	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)

#2F290C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39330D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561A1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e230e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.072 44.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845f4e',
    500: '#4e230e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e230e;
$custom-light: #845f4e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e230e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.688,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31252,
    "c": 0.07221,
    "h": 44.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E230E

secondary

#2F6B89

accent

#B2EC3B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0401

muted

#7D7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E230E

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

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