#4E2316#4E2316

#4E2316 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.069 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2316
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 22)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.56, 19.02, 17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.56, 26.14, 43.33°)
OKLab	oklab(31.37% 0.0545 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(31.37% 0.069 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.8881, 2.8801, 1.1101)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2316 #16414E

analogous

#4E1625 #4E2316 #4E3F16

triadic

#4E2316 #164E23 #23164E

tetradic

#4E2316 #254E16 #16414E #3F164E

square

#4E2316 #254E16 #16414E #3F164E

split-complementary

#4E2316 #164E3F #16254E

monochromatic

#180B07 #1E0E09 #4E2316 #7E3823 #AD4E31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.32

#4E2316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E2316 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2316

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2316	1.00	13.32	1.58	13.32
#FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561B20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.069 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835f53',
    500: '#4e2316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2316;
$custom-light: #835f53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.929,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3137,
    "c": 0.06878,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2316

secondary

#3A7485

accent

#BCDF49

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2316

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

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