#4E2311#4E2311

#4E2311 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.071 H 42.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2311
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 17)
HSL	hsl(18, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(18, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.49, 18.68, 21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.49, 28.11, 48.35°)
OKLab	oklab(31.29% 0.0524 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(31.29% 0.071 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.8444, 2.8627, 0.8803)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2311 #113C4E

analogous

#4E111D #4E2311 #4E4111

triadic

#4E2311 #114E23 #23114E

tetradic

#4E2311 #1D4E11 #113C4E #41114E

square

#4E2311 #1D4E11 #113C4E #41114E

split-complementary

#4E2311 #114E41 #111D4E

monochromatic

#190B05 #1C0C06 #4E2311 #803A1C #B25027

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.36

#4E2311 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4E2311 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2311

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2311	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2311	1.00	13.36	1.57	13.36
#FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F290F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393310

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561A1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2311;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.071 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845f4f',
    500: '#4e2311',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2311;
$custom-light: #845f4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2311",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.705,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31292,
    "c": 0.07091,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2311

secondary

#336F87

accent

#B6E741

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2311

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

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