#4E2417#4E2417

#4E2417 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.067 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2417
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 23)
HSL	hsl(14, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.82, 18.48, 17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.82, 25.52, 43.60°)
OKLab	oklab(31.57% 0.0531 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(31.57% 0.067 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9278, 2.9438, 1.1718)
Luminance	0.0294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2417 #17414E

analogous

#4E1726 #4E2417 #4E4017

triadic

#4E2417 #174E24 #24174E

tetradic

#4E2417 #264E17 #17414E #40174E

square

#4E2417 #264E17 #17414E #40174E

split-complementary

#4E2417 #174E40 #17264E

monochromatic

#180B07 #1F0E09 #4E2417 #7D3A25 #AD5033

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.22

#4E2417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4E2417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2417

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2417	1.00	13.22	1.59	13.22
#FFFFFF	13.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561C21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.067 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835f54',
    500: '#4e2417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2417;
$custom-light: #835f54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.182,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31573,
    "c": 0.06727,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2417

secondary

#3C7485

accent

#BBDE4A

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2417

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

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