#4E230F#4E230F

#4E230F is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.072 H 43.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E230F
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 15)
HSL	hsl(19, 68%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(19, 81%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 80.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.46, 18.56, 22.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.46, 28.85, 49.95°)
OKLab	oklab(31.26% 0.0517 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(31.26% 0.072 43.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.8295, 2.8567, 0.8016)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E230F #0F3A4E

analogous

#4E0F1A #4E230F #4E420F

triadic

#4E230F #0F4E23 #230F4E

tetradic

#4E230F #1A4E0F #0F3A4E #420F4E

square

#4E230F #1A4E0F #0F3A4E #420F4E

split-complementary

#4E230F #0F4E42 #0F1A4E

monochromatic

#1A0C05 #1B0C05 #4E230F #813A19 #B55123

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.37

#4E230F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4E230F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E230F

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E230F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E230F	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)

#2F290D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39330E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561A1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e230f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.072 43.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845f4e',
    500: '#4e230f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e230f;
$custom-light: #845f4e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e230f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.048,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31265,
    "c": 0.07178,
    "h": 43.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E230F

secondary

#316C88

accent

#B4EB3D

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0401

muted

#7D7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E230F

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

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