#4E2511#4E2511

#4E2511 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.069 H 45.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2511
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 17)
HSL	hsl(20, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(20, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.98, 17.45, 21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.98, 27.74, 51.02°)
OKLab	oklab(31.67% 0.0487 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(31.67% 0.069 45.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.9050, 2.9838, 0.9005)
Luminance	0.0298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2511 #113A4E

analogous

#4E111B #4E2511 #4E4311

triadic

#4E2511 #114E25 #25114E

tetradic

#4E2511 #1B4E11 #113A4E #43114E

square

#4E2511 #1B4E11 #113A4E #43114E

split-complementary

#4E2511 #114E43 #111B4E

monochromatic

#190C05 #1C0D06 #4E2511 #803D1C #B25527

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.15

#4E2511 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4E2511 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2511

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2511	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2511	1.00	13.15	1.60	13.15
#FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302B0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3410

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561D21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2511;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.069 45.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846050',
    500: '#4e2511',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2511;
$custom-light: #846050;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2511",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.672,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31669,
    "c": 0.06901,
    "h": 45.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2511

secondary

#336C87

accent

#B1E741

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0502

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2511

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

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